Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 20 > Chapter 8 - Trial Dockets

• Appropriate county or municipality: means the legislative body of the county or municipality that, by resolution or ordinance, respectively, created the emergency communications district. See Tennessee Code 7-86-103
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• District: means any emergency communications district created pursuant to this part. See Tennessee Code 7-86-103
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.