§ 47-3-401 Signature
§ 47-3-402 Signature by representative
§ 47-3-403 Unauthorized signature
§ 47-3-404 Impostors – Fictitious payees
§ 47-3-405 Employer’s responsibility for fraudulent endorsement by employee
§ 47-3-406 Negligence contributing to forged signature or alteration of instrument
§ 47-3-407 Alteration
§ 47-3-408 Drawee not liable on unaccepted draft
§ 47-3-409 Acceptance of draft – Certified check
§ 47-3-410 Acceptance varying draft
§ 47-3-411 Refusal to pay cashier’s checks, teller’s checks, and certified checks
§ 47-3-412 Obligation of issuer of note or cashier’s check
§ 47-3-413 Obligation of acceptor
§ 47-3-414 Obligation of drawer
§ 47-3-415 Obligation of endorser
§ 47-3-416 Transfer warranties
§ 47-3-417 Presentment warranties
§ 47-3-418 Payment or acceptance by mistake
§ 47-3-419 Instruments signed for accommodation
§ 47-3-420 Conversion of instrument

Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 47 > Chapter 3 > Part 4 - Liability of Parties

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • 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
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • 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