Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 48 > MISCELLANEOUS CORPORATION PROVISIONS > Chapter 102 > Part 4 - Veterans' Organizations (§§ 48-102-401 — 48-102-405)

• 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.
• Applicant: means any person planning or proposing a project which has been designated a major energy project. See Tennessee Code 13-18-102
• Authority: means a metropolitan celebration authority created pursuant to the authority of this chapter. See Tennessee Code 7-6-103
• Board: means the board of commissioners of an authority. See Tennessee Code 7-6-103
• 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.
• County mayor: means and includes "county executive" unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Creating municipality: means any county having adopted a metropolitan form of government that creates an authority pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 7-6-103
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• 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.
• Executive officer: means the mayor, county mayor or other chief executive officer of any creating municipality. See Tennessee Code 7-6-103
• Interest: means either or both of the following rights under the organic law of an unincorporated entity:
  (A) The right to receive distributions from the entity either in the ordinary course or upon liquidation. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
• Joint review process: means the process provided by §. See Tennessee Code 13-18-102
• Major energy project: means any project at one (1) physical location which has been determined by the contact agency to be in the state interest pursuant to its authority under §. See Tennessee Code 13-18-102
• Member: means a person reflected in the required records of an LLC as the owner of some governance rights of a membership interest of the LLC. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Principal city: means :
  (A) That municipal corporation having the largest population of any municipality in a particular county. See Tennessee Code 7-1-101
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• schedule: means the timetable set out by the joint review team in which to accomplish the joint review process, submit applications, hold hearings, and obtain approval of involved agencies. See Tennessee Code 13-18-102
• State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 7-6-103
• team: means a coordinating group organized to conduct the joint review process on a major energy project. See Tennessee Code 13-18-102
• United States: includes district, authority, bureau, commission, department, and any other agency of the United States. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
• written: means any information in the form of a document. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201