§ 54-14-102 Condemnation to secure way of ingress and egress and extending utility lines – Jurisdiction – Joinder of parties in action
§ 54-14-103 Parties to petition to secure easement or right-of-way – Appraisal of land – Documents of internal improvements – Contents of petition – Costs bond
§ 54-14-104 Jury of view ordered summoned to inquire of and assess damages
§ 54-14-105 Jury of view – Qualification – Number – Challenges
§ 54-14-106 Notice of taking inquest of damages
§ 54-14-107 Oath of jury of view
§ 54-14-108 Jury to set apart by metes and bounds and assess damages
§ 54-14-109 Estimates of damages – Elements
§ 54-14-110 Report of jury – Contents
§ 54-14-111 Location of easement or right-of-way
§ 54-14-112 Report confirmed, or set aside and another writ awarded
§ 54-14-113 Report modified, and easement of way granted, upon payment of damages, costs, and, if awarded, attorney’s fees
§ 54-14-114 Appeal from jury of view – New trial before a jury summoned in usual way – Exclusive remedy
§ 54-14-115 Verdict affirming jury of view or more unfavorable to appellant – Costs
§ 54-14-116 Writ of possession to petitioners
§ 54-14-117 Easement belongs to owners of lands benefited – Reversion when not used
§ 54-14-118 Mutual use easement or right-of-way
§ 54-14-119 No right to easement or right-of-way if cut-off or obstruction result of intentional and knowing action of the owner of surrounding land

Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 54 > Chapter 14 - Private Roads

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • 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.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Ascendant: means an individual who precedes another individual in lineage, in the direct line of ascent from the other individual. See Tennessee Code 29-27-302
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • 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
  • Collateral: means an individual who is related to another individual under the law of intestate succession of this state but who is not the other individual's ascendant or descendant. See Tennessee Code 29-27-302
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • County mayor: means and includes "county executive" unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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.
  • Descendant: means an individual who follows another individual in lineage, in the direct line of descent from the other individual. See Tennessee Code 29-27-302
  • Determination of value: means a court order determining the fair market value of heirs property under §. See Tennessee Code 29-27-302
  • 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.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Heirs property: means real property held in tenancy in common that satisfies all of the following requirements as of the filing of a partition action:
    (A) There is no agreement in a record binding all the cotenants that governs the partition of the property. See Tennessee Code 29-27-302
  • Highway: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Partition by sale: means a court-ordered sale of the entire heirs property, whether by auction, sealed bids, or open-market sale conducted under §. See Tennessee Code 29-27-302
  • Partition in kind: means the division of heirs property into physically distinct and separately titled parcels. See Tennessee Code 29-27-302
  • 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.
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 29-27-302
  • Relative: means an ascendant, descendant, or collateral or an individual otherwise related to another individual by blood, marriage, adoption, or law of this state other than this part. See Tennessee Code 29-27-302
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Road: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Sole ownership: The type of property ownership in which one individual holds legal title to the property and has full control of it.
  • Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.