Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 49 > Chapter 7 > Part 17 - Alleged Sexual Misconduct by Student

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Institution: means any public institution of higher education located within this state. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1702
• Sexual misconduct: means a violation of an institution's disciplinary policies concerning sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, or stalking. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1702
• 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
• Student disciplinary proceeding: means a hearing, proceeding, or any other non-law enforcement process other than an investigation that is used by an institution to determine whether sexual misconduct occurred or impose a sanction with respect to sexual misconduct, including a contested case hearing conducted under the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1702
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105