(a) The commissioner is hereby granted authority to issue rules, regulations and orders as may be necessary to properly administer this part.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-10-206

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-10-201
  • 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
  • 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.
(b) The commissioner may enforce this part and any rule, regulation or order made hereunder by appropriate application for equitable relief to the chancery court for Davidson County, which court is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction over such proceedings.
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