Tennessee Code 57-5-504 – Transfer of wholesaler’s business
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 57-5-504
- Agreement: means any agreement between a wholesaler and a supplier, oral or written, whereby a wholesaler is granted the right to purchase and sell a brand or brands of beer with an alcoholic content of five percent (5%) by weight or less sold by a supplier. See Tennessee Code 57-5-502
- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- beverage: means and includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, high alcohol content beer, and every liquid containing alcohol, spirits, wine, and high alcohol content beer and capable of being consumed by a human being, other than patent medicine or beer, as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
- Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Designated member: means :
(A) The spouse, child, grandchild, parent, brother or sister of a deceased individual who owned an interest in a wholesaler. See Tennessee Code 57-5-502 - License: means the license issued pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
- Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, syndicate, or any other combination of individuals. See Tennessee Code 57-5-502
- Reasonable standards and qualifications: means those criteria established and consistently applied by a supplier to wholesalers in Tennessee and adjoining states who:
(A) Have entered into, continued or renewed an agreement with the supplier during a period of twenty-four (24) months prior to the proposed transfer of the wholesaler's business. See Tennessee Code 57-5-502 - State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Supplier: means a manufacturer or importer of beer. See Tennessee Code 57-5-502
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Wholesaler: means a person or entity that sells beer to retailers, but does not include any manufacturer authorized to sell directly to retailers pursuant to §. See Tennessee Code 57-5-502
- written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105