Terms Used In Tennessee Code 20-12-145

  • 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.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • 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.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • 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
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.

Recoverable costs on appeal include, but are not limited to, the cost of preparing and transmitting the record; the cost of a transcript of the evidence or proceedings; the cost of producing necessary copies of briefs and the record; premiums paid for bonds to preserve rights pending appeal and costs incurred to obtain such bonds, including the cost of letters of credit or other costs incurred to provide security for such bonds pending appeal; litigation taxes; and any other fees of the appellate court or clerk.