As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Executive authority,” “governor” and “chief magistrate,” respectively, as applied to a request to return any person under this part to or from the District of Columbia, include a justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia and other authority;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 33-9-101

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Mental illness: means a psychiatric disorder, alcohol dependence, or drug dependence, but does not include intellectual disability or other developmental disabilities. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: includes states, territories, districts and insular and other possessions of the United States. See Tennessee Code 33-9-101
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) “Flight” and “fled” mean any voluntary or involuntary departure from the jurisdiction of the court where the proceedings mentioned may have been instituted and are still pending, with the effect of avoiding, impounding, or delaying the action of the court in which the proceedings may have been instituted or are pending, or any such departure from the state where the person demanded then was, if the person then was under detention by law as a person with mental illness and subject to detention; and
(3) “State” includes states, territories, districts and insular and other possessions of the United States.
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