Terms Used In Tennessee Code 29-35-103

  • 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.
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

A corporation is not dissolved by the nonuse or assignment to others, in whole or in part, of its powers, franchises, and privileges, unless all the corporate property has been appropriated to the payment of its debts; and any creditor, for the creditor and other creditors, whether that creditor has recovered judgment or not, or any stockholder for that stockholder and other stockholders, may file a bill under this chapter, to attach the corporate property, and have such property applied to the payment of the debts of the corporation, and any surplus divided among the stockholders.