Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 8 > Chapter 21 > Part 11 - Surveyors

• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Certificate of need: means a permit granted by the health facilities commission to a person for those services specified as requiring a certificate of need under §. See Tennessee Code 68-11-1602
• Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
• Property: includes both personal and real property. 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