Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 26 > Chapter 1 > Part 2 - Time for Issuance

• 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.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• 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
• Commission: means the Tennessee higher education commission. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1503
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Complaint: means a complaint or grievance against a Tennessee SARA institution filed by a non-Tennessee student residing in a member state other than Tennessee and whose complaint is relative to a distance education course or program offered by a Tennessee SARA institution. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1503
• Confucius Institute: means a Confucius Institute or Chinese Language Partner Network operated by the Office of Chinese Language Council International, also known as Hanban, which is affiliated with the ministry of education of the People's Republic of China. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1802
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contract: means an agreement for the acquisition by purchase, lease, or barter of property or services between a foreign source and an institution, for the direct benefit or use of either of the parties. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1802
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• 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.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Foreign source: means :
  (A) A foreign government, including an agency of a foreign government. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1802
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Gift: includes a gift of money or property. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1802
• Institution: means an accredited postsecondary degree-granting school, college, university, or other organization. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1503
• Institution: means any public institution of higher education located within this state. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1702
• Institution: means a public institution of higher education in this state. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1802
• 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.
• 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}
• Member state: means a United States state, territory, or district currently approved to participate in the state authorization reciprocity agreement. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1503
• Military-affiliated: means active-duty military personnel, reservists, members of the national guard, and reserve officer training corps program cadets. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1303
• NC-SARA: means the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1503
• Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Portal agency: means the single agency designated by Tennessee to serve as the interstate point of contact for SARA questions, complaints, and other communications. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1503
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• 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
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• SARA: means the agreement overseen by the National Council for SARA and administered by the Southern Regional Education Board. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1503
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Sexual misconduct: means a violation of an institution's disciplinary policies concerning sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, or stalking. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1702
• SREB: means the Southern Regional Education Board. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1503
• 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.
• Student disciplinary proceeding: means a hearing, proceeding, or any other non-law enforcement process other than an investigation that is used by an institution to determine whether sexual misconduct occurred or impose a sanction with respect to sexual misconduct, including a contested case hearing conducted under the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1702
• Tennessee SARA institution: means an institution approved by the commission for participation in SARA. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1503
• THEC: means the Tennessee higher education commission. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1303
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Veteran: means a former member of the armed forces of the United States, or a former or current member of a reserve or Tennessee national guard unit who was called into active military service of the United States, as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1303
• VETS campus: means a campus of a public or private nonprofit institution of higher education that has demonstrated educational support for veterans and has been designated by THEC under this part as a campus supportive of veterans. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1303
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
• 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