A civil warrant means you are being sued in General Sessions Court. The most important thing is to be in court on the date and time printed on the warrant. If you do not appear, the court can enter a default judgment against you for what the plaintiff asked for, and you have only 10 days after a judgment to appeal (Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-5-108). Here is what the warrant means and what to do next. What a civil warrant is In Tennessee, General Sessions Court handles smaller civil