Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-20-103

  • 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.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds-type organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102

Every person insured in and by any corporation subject to this chapter shall give an undertaking in the form as the corporation may prescribe, which form shall be uniform between and by all the insured, to pay the person’s pro rata share of all losses or damages sustained by any member from any cause specified in the policy of the corporation. The person shall also pay a reasonable sum for expenses as the bylaws may require.