Terms Used In Tennessee Code 26-3-103

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

An execution against a corporation may be levied on its choses in action, as well as on the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, of such corporation; and in case of a levy on choses in action, the court may appoint a receiver to collect or conserve the same.