Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 26 > Chapter 1 > Part 4 - Return

• 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.
• faculty: shall include tenured and non-tenured professors, adjunct professors, visiting professors, lecturers, graduate student instructors, and those in comparable positions, however titled. See Tennessee Code 49-7-2404
• faculty member: means any person, whether or not the person is compensated by a public institution of higher education, and regardless of political affiliation, who is tasked with providing scholarship, academic research, or teaching. See Tennessee Code 49-7-2404
• Free speech: means speech, expression, or assemblies protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or the Constitution of Tennessee, Article I, §. See Tennessee Code 49-7-2404
• Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
• Institution: means an institution of public higher education in this state. See Tennessee Code 49-7-2404
• Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• 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
• Student: means :
  (A) An individual currently enrolled in a course of study at the institution. See Tennessee Code 49-7-2404
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• 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