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

(1) “Claimant agency” means any state agency, department, board, bureau, commission, or authority to which an individual owes a debt or that acts on behalf of an individual to collect a debt;
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 4-51-202

  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Board: means the board of directors of the Tennessee education lottery corporation. See Tennessee Code 4-51-102
  • Claimant agency: means any state agency, department, board, bureau, commission, or authority to which an individual owes a debt or that acts on behalf of an individual to collect a debt. See Tennessee Code 4-51-202
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Debt: means any liquidated sum due and owing any claimant agency, which sum has accrued through contract, subrogation, tort, or operation of law, regardless of whether there is an outstanding judgment for the sum or any sum that is due and owing any person and is enforceable by the state or any of the claimant agencies of the state. See Tennessee Code 4-51-202
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: means any individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See Tennessee Code 4-51-102
  • Prize: means the proceeds of any lottery prize awarded under part 1 of this chapter. See Tennessee Code 4-51-202
  • proceeds: means all lottery revenue derived from the sale of lottery tickets or shares and all other moneys derived from the lottery or received by the Tennessee education lottery corporation. See Tennessee Code 4-51-102
  • 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
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
(2) “Debt” means any liquidated sum due and owing any claimant agency, which sum has accrued through contract, subrogation, tort, or operation of law, regardless of whether there is an outstanding judgment for the sum or any sum that is due and owing any person and is enforceable by the state or any of the claimant agencies of the state. “Debt” specifically includes, but is not limited to, uncollected amounts owed by any person due to judgments for overdue child support as provided by title 36, chapter 5;
(3) “Debtor” means any individual owing money or having a delinquent account with any claimant agency, which obligation has not been adjudicated as satisfied by court order, set aside by court order, or discharged in bankruptcy. “Debtor” specifically includes, but is not limited to, all persons who are required by any order to pay child support and whose payments are overdue as provided by title 36, chapter 5, and which payments have become judgments by operation of law pursuant to § 36-5-101(a)(5), or by law in any other state or territory, or by judgment of a court in this or any other state or territory; and
(4) “Prize” means the proceeds of any lottery prize awarded under part 1 of this chapter.
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