Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 13 > Chapter 20 > Part 2 - Redevelopment

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
• Agriculture: means :
  (i) The land, buildings and machinery used in the commercial production of farm products and nursery stock. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• blighted: as used in this part , except in this section and in the definitions in §. See Tennessee Code 13-20-212
• Bonds: means any bonds, interim certificates, notes, debentures, or other obligations of the authority issued pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 13-20-102
• Brand: means any recorded identification mark applied to any position on the hide of a live animal by means of heat, acid or chemical, except tattoo marks in the ear or numbers used to keep production records or record of age. See Tennessee Code 44-7-201
• Brand name: means any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, identifying the commercial feed of a distributor or registrant and distinguishing it from that of others. See Tennessee Code 44-6-103
• Business: means any lawful activity conducted primarily:
  (A) For the purchase, sale, lease and rental of personal and real property, and for the manufacturing, processing, or marketing of products, commodities, or any other personal property. See Tennessee Code 13-20-102
• City: means the city or town which is, or is about to be, included in the territorial boundaries of an authority when created hereunder. See Tennessee Code 13-20-102
• Commercial feed: means all materials except unmixed seed, whole and unprocessed, when not adulterated within the meaning of this chapter, that are offered for sale as feed or mixing for feed. See Tennessee Code 44-6-103
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture. See Tennessee Code 44-7-201
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture, or the commissioner's authorized agent. See Tennessee Code 44-6-103
• Community facilities: includes real and personal property, and buildings and equipment for recreation or social assemblies, for educational, health or welfare purposes and necessary utilities when designed primarily for the benefit and use of the housing authority and/or the occupants of the dwelling accommodations. See Tennessee Code 13-20-102
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contract: means any agreement of an authority with or for the benefit of an obligee whether contained in a resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease, bond or other instrument. See Tennessee Code 13-20-102
• 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.
• Customer-formula feed: means commercial feed that consists of a mixture of two (2) or more commercial feeds or a mixture of one (1) or more commercial feeds and one (1) or more feed ingredients or a mixture of two (2) or more feed ingredients, each batch of which is manufactured according to the specific instructions of the final purchaser. See Tennessee Code 44-6-103
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the department of agriculture. See Tennessee Code 44-7-201
• dilapidation: means extreme deterioration and decay due to lack of repairs to and care of the area. See Tennessee Code 13-20-201
• Distribute: means to offer for sale, sell, exchange, or barter commercial feed or customer-formula feed. See Tennessee Code 44-6-103
• Distributor: means any person who distributes. See Tennessee Code 44-6-103
• Drug: means any article intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in animals other than humans, and articles other than feed intended to affect the structure or function of any part of the animal body. See Tennessee Code 44-6-103
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Federal government: includes the United States, or any agency, instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States. See Tennessee Code 13-20-102
• Feed ingredient: means each of the constituent materials making up a commercial feed. See Tennessee Code 44-6-103
• Governing body: means the council of any city. See Tennessee Code 13-20-102
• Government: includes the state and federal governments and any subdivision, agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them. See Tennessee Code 13-20-102
• Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
• housing authority: means a public body and a body corporate and politic organized in accordance with this chapter for the purposes, with the powers, and subject to the restrictions, hereinafter set forth. See Tennessee Code 13-20-102
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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.
• Label: means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon or affixed to the container in which a commercial feed is distributed, or on the invoice or delivery slip with which a commercial feed is distributed. See Tennessee Code 44-6-103
• Labeling: means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter:
  (A) Upon commercial feed or any of its containers or wrapper. See Tennessee Code 44-6-103
• Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Livestock: means all equine as well as animals that are being raised primarily for use as food or fiber for human utilization or consumption including, but not limited to, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, and poultry. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Livestock market: means a place where a person assembles livestock for public sale if the person is required to procure a license or permit from the department to operate such market. See Tennessee Code 44-7-201
• Manufacture: means to grind, mix or blend, or further process a commercial feed for distribution. See Tennessee Code 44-6-103
• Minor: means any person who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Municipality: means any city, town, or village or other municipality in the state. See Tennessee Code 13-20-102
• Official sample: means a sample of feed taken by the commissioner or the commissioner's agent in accordance with §. See Tennessee Code 44-6-103
• 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.
• percentage: means percentage by weight. See Tennessee Code 44-6-103
• Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation or association. See Tennessee Code 44-7-201
• Person: includes individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity. See Tennessee Code 44-6-103
• Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Persons of low income: means persons or families who lack the amount of income which is necessary, as determined by the authority undertaking the housing project, to enable them, without financial assistance, to live in decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings, without overcrowding. See Tennessee Code 13-20-102
• Pet: means any domesticated animal normally maintained in or near the household of its owner. See Tennessee Code 44-6-103
• Product name: means the name of the commercial feed that identifies it as to kind, class, or specific use. See Tennessee Code 44-6-103
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Quantity statement: means the net weight (mass), net volume (liquid or dry) or count. See Tennessee Code 44-6-103
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Real property: includes lands, lands under water, structures, and any and all easements, franchises and incorporeal hereditaments and every estate and right therein, legal and equitable, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage or otherwise. See Tennessee Code 13-20-102
• Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• redevelopment: as used in this part , except in this section and in the definition of "redevelopment project" in §. See Tennessee Code 13-20-212
• Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. 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
• State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 13-20-102
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Taxing agency: means any county, city, town or metropolitan government in the state. See Tennessee Code 13-20-102
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• urban renewal plan: means a plan, as it exists from time to time, for an urban renewal project, which plan:
  (1) Shall conform to the general plan for the municipality as a whole. See Tennessee Code 13-20-211
• written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105