Tennessee Code 67-1-204 – Liberal construction
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-1-204
- 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.
- Property: includes both personal and real property. 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
It is declared to be the legislative intent that §§ 67-1-201 – 67-1-204 be liberally construed in favor of jurisdiction and powers conferred upon the division of property assessments, the comptroller of the treasury and the state board of equalization, and they and each of them have and shall exercise all such incidental powers as may be necessary to carry out and effectuate the objectives and purposes of §§ 67-1-201 – 67-1-204, and to equalize the assessment of all property subject to taxation as provided by law.