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Tennessee Code > Title 66 > Chapter 2 > Part 2 – Religious Entities

§ 66-2-201 Ownership of land
§ 66-2-202 Title in trustees
§ 66-2-203 Conveyance by church officers

Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 66 > Chapter 2 > Part 2 - Religious Entities

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

Tennessee Code > Title 66 > Chapter 2 > Part 2 – Sanctioned Nonresident Alien, Sanctioned Foreign Business, or Sanctioned Foreign Government

§ 66-2-301 Part definitions
§ 66-2-302 Sanctioned individuals or entities prohibited from purchase of real property – Applicability of prohibition – Prohibition on transfer of title or interest
§ 66-2-303 Divestment of right or title by sanctioned individual or entity – Exception
§ 66-2-304 Divesting of right, title, and interest upon status change
§ 66-2-305 Registration requirements of real property with the secretary of state
§ 66-2-306 Violation of this part – Initiation of action – Notice of action – Escheatment to the state – Civil penalty – Liability limitations

Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 66 > Chapter 2 > Part 2 - Sanctioned Nonresident Alien, Sanctioned Foreign Business, or Sanctioned Foreign Government

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Real property: means one (1) or more defined parcels or tracts of land or interests, benefits, and rights inherent in the ownership of real estate, including easements, water rights, agricultural land, or any other interest in real property. See Tennessee Code 66-2-301
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Sanctioned foreign business: means :
    (A) A corporation incorporated under the laws of a foreign country of a sanctioned foreign government. See Tennessee Code 66-2-301
  • Sanctioned foreign government: means a government other than the government of the United States, its states, its territories, or its possessions, that is identified by the office of foreign assets control of the U. See Tennessee Code 66-2-301
  • Sanctioned nonresident alien: means an individual who is either:
    (i) A citizen of a sanctioned foreign government. See Tennessee Code 66-2-301
  • 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
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105