Terms Used In Tennessee Code 54-12-151

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Road: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

After the damages have been paid or secured, the monthly county court shall enter a proper order of condemnation showing all the lands are appropriated and belong to the road improvement district for all its necessary purposes.