§ 69-1-101 Navigable waters are highways
§ 69-1-102 Opening and cleaning navigable streams
§ 69-1-103 Overseers appointed for navigable stream districts
§ 69-1-104 Working on streams as public roads
§ 69-1-105 Supervisor of water improvements – Duties
§ 69-1-106 Compensation of supervisor
§ 69-1-107 Obstructing river – Penalty
§ 69-1-108 Diverting water from main channel
§ 69-1-109 Temporary diversion from sluice
§ 69-1-110 Damages for diversion of stream
§ 69-1-111 County may permit or remove improvements
§ 69-1-112 Commissioners of watercourses
§ 69-1-113 Forfeiture for obstructing stream
§ 69-1-114 Railroad drawbridges – Operation
§ 69-1-115 Damages caused by canalizing rivers
§ 69-1-116 Eleemosynary institutions – Access to water
§ 69-1-117 Impairing or obstructing navigability of watercourses – Permits

Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 69 > Chapter 1 > Part 1 - General Provisions

  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Insane: includes all persons of unsound mind. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105