Terms Used In Tennessee Code 9-4-212

  • 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.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • 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

No state funds for appeals of capital cases shall be appropriated for or allocated to The Capital Case Resource Center of Tennessee, Inc., or any other nongovernmental corporation or organization, except that this prohibition shall not apply to an individual member of the bar appointed by a court to represent an indigent defendant.