Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 13 > Chapter 10 > Part 2 - State Safety Oversight Program

• Agricultural district: means those properties residing within a contiguous boundary and meeting appropriate criteria for designation as such by the local soil and water conservation district. See Tennessee Code 43-34-103
• Agricultural production: means those operations including associated land and facility management activities engaged in the commercial propagation, raising, harvesting and/or processing of any plant or animal or products thereof for purposes of consumption, utilization, goods, or service either on-site or for distribution. See Tennessee Code 43-34-103
• 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 of supervisors: means the governing body of the local soil and water conservation district. See Tennessee Code 43-34-103
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of transportation. See Tennessee Code 13-10-101
• County mayor: means and includes "county executive" unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the department of transportation. See Tennessee Code 13-10-101
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Ownership: means any individual, family, company, corporation, or organization holding title to property within a proposed or established agricultural district. See Tennessee Code 43-34-103
• Petition: means the application and application process for designation of an agricultural district as submitted to the local soil and water conservation district. See Tennessee Code 43-34-103
• Soil and water conservation district: means that governmental body established by chapter 14, part 2, of this title. See Tennessee Code 43-34-103
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Tennessee soil and water conservation commission: means that governmental body established by chapter 14, part 2, of this title. See Tennessee Code 43-34-103
• written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105