Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 6 > Mayor-Aldermanic Charter > Chapter 1 > Part 5 - Name Change of Municipality

• Administrator of elections: means the chief administrative officer appointed by the county election commission. See Tennessee Code 2-2-101
• 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.
• Board: means the mayor and the aldermen. See Tennessee Code 6-1-101
• City: means any city or territory to be incorporated that may adopt chapters 30-36 of this title. See Tennessee Code 6-30-102
• 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
• Commission: means the county election commission unless another intent is clearly shown. See Tennessee Code 2-2-101
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County: means the county in which any such city or territory to be incorporated under chapters 30-36 of this title is located, or in which the major portion of the population of any such city or territory to be incorporated is located as indicated by the last federal census. See Tennessee Code 6-30-102
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. 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
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105