Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 70 > Chapter 8 > Part 1 - Nongame and Endangered Species

• Agency: means the primary agency within the state that has statutory authority to manage wildlife populations. See Tennessee Code 70-8-103
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Commission: means the Tennessee fish and wildlife commission, and "commissioner" means a member of the fish and wildlife commission. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Ecosystem: means a system of living organisms and their environment, each influencing the existence of the other and both necessary for the maintenance of life. See Tennessee Code 70-8-103
• Endangered species: means :
  (A) Any species or subspecies of wildlife whose prospects of survival or recruitment within the state are in jeopardy or are likely within the foreseeable future to become so due to any of the following factors:

  (i) The destruction, drastic modification, or severe curtailment of its habitat. See Tennessee Code 70-8-103
• 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.
• Executive director: means the director of the state agency that has statutory authority to manage wildlife populations. See Tennessee Code 70-8-103
• Fish: means all species of trout, salmon, walleye, northern pike, bass, crappie, bluegill, catfish, perch, sunfish, drum, carp, sucker, shad, minnow, and such other species of fish that are presently found in the state or may be introduced or transplanted into this state for consumptive or nonconsumptive use. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
• Management: includes the entire range of activities that constitute a modern scientific resource program, including, but not limited to, research, census, law enforcement, habitat acquisition and improvement, and education. See Tennessee Code 70-8-103
• Optimum carrying capacity: means that point at which a given habitat can support healthy populations of wildlife species, having regard to the total ecosystem, without diminishing the ability of the habitat to continue that function. See Tennessee Code 70-8-103
• 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: means any individual, corporation, association or partnership. See Tennessee Code 70-8-103
• Possession: means both actual and constructive possession, and any control of the object or objects referred to. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Sell: includes the offering or possessing for sale, bartering, exchanging or trading. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Take: means to harass, hunt, capture, or kill, or to attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill wildlife. See Tennessee Code 70-8-103
• Threatened: means any species or subspecies of wildlife that is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future. See Tennessee Code 70-8-103
• Transport: means to carry or convey from one place to another, and includes an offer to transport, or receipt or possession for transportation. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Watchable wildlife: is a ny species or subspecies that is defined in this section as nongame, endangered, threatened or wildlife in need of management. See Tennessee Code 70-8-103
• Wildlife: means wild vertebrates, mollusks, crustaceans, and fish. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101