For the purposes of this part:

(1) “Beer” means the beverage defined in § 57-5-101(b);

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 57-6-102

  • beverage: means and includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, high alcohol content beer, and every liquid containing alcohol, spirits, wine, and high alcohol content beer and capable of being consumed by a human being, other than patent medicine or beer, as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • 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.
  • Manufacture: means and includes brewing high alcohol content beer, distilling, rectifying and operating a winery. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Manufacturer: means and includes a brewer of high alcohol content beer, distiller, vintner and rectifier. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Municipality: means an incorporated town or city having a population of:
    (i) Seven hundred (700) or more, according to the 2010 federal census or a subsequent federal census. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • 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: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
  • Wholesaler: means any person who sells at wholesale any beverage for the sale of which a license is required under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
(2) “County” means that portion of a county outside the corporate limits of municipalities therein;
(3) “Department” means the department of revenue;
(4) “Gross tax” means the amount of tax collected by a wholesaler;
(5) “Municipality” means any town, city or taxing district incorporated under the laws of this state;
(6) “Net tax” means the amount of tax to be paid to a county or municipality after deduction of the percentage due the department and the percentage retained by a wholesaler;
(7) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, syndicate, or any other combination of individuals;
(8) “Quality control standard” means a standard under which a wholesaler determines whether beer is marketable due to product deterioration or due to improper packaging or handling by the manufacturer or wholesaler;
(9) “Retailer” means a person who sells beer for consumption and not for resale;
(10) “Wholesale” or “wholesale sale” means a sale, gift, or other transfer and delivery of beer by a wholesaler to any person other than another wholesaler, but there shall not be included within the meaning of either term any gratuitous dispensing of beer by a brewery of its own manufacture which is consumed on the premises; and
(11) “Wholesaler” means a person or entity that sells beer to retailers, including any manufacturer authorized to sell directly to retailers pursuant to § 57-5-101.
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