Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 12 > Chapter 4 > Part 2 - Surety Bonds

• Agent: means any person soliciting orders for or selling or distributing nursery stock or other plants under the partial or full control of a nursery owner or dealer. See Tennessee Code 43-6-102
• Agriculture: means :
  (i) The land, buildings and machinery used in the commercial production of farm products and nursery stock. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Boll weevil: means Anthonomus grandis Boheman in any stage of development. See Tennessee Code 43-6-402
• Certificate: means a document issued or authorized by the commissioner indicating that a regulated article is not contaminated with boll weevils. See Tennessee Code 43-6-402
• 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
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's designated representative. See Tennessee Code 43-6-402
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's duly authorized agents. See Tennessee Code 43-6-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Cotton: means any cotton plant or cotton plant product upon which the boll weevil is dependent for completion of any portion of its life cycle. See Tennessee Code 43-6-402
• Cotton grower: means any person who is engaged in and has an economic risk in the business of producing, or causing to be produced, cotton for market. See Tennessee Code 43-6-402
• 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.
• Dealer: means any person not a grower of nursery stock or other plants who buys or otherwise acquires nursery stock or other plants for the purpose of reselling or otherwise distributing nursery stock or other plants independently of any control of the grower. See Tennessee Code 43-6-102
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the Tennessee department of agriculture. See Tennessee Code 43-6-402
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• 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}
• 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.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Florist: means an establishment whose primary business is the retail sale of fresh cut flowers. See Tennessee Code 43-6-102
• Greenhouses: means any glass house, screen house or other structure in which plants are grown, kept, or propagated for sale or distribution. See Tennessee Code 43-6-102
• 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
• Infested: means actually infested with a boll weevil, or so exposed to infestation that it would be reasonable to believe that an infestation exists. See Tennessee Code 43-6-402
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Insect pests: means insects or closely related organisms in any stage of development injurious to the agricultural, horticultural, silvicultural, or other interests of the state. See Tennessee Code 43-6-102
• 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.
• Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. ^{Source: OCC}
• Nursery: means any grounds or premises on or in which nursery stock is grown, kept or propagated for sale or distribution. See Tennessee Code 43-6-102
• Nursery stock: means all trees, shrubs, or other perennial plants or parts of trees, shrubs, or other perennial plants grown or kept for, or capable of propagation, distribution, or sale on a commercial basis. See Tennessee Code 43-6-102
• 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.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Permit: means a document issued or authorized by the commissioner to provide for the movement of regulated articles to restricted designations for limited handling, utilization, or processing. See Tennessee Code 43-6-402
• Person: means any individual, corporation, company, society, or association, or other business entity. See Tennessee Code 43-6-402
• Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Plant diseases: means infectious or transmissible diseases of plants, and their pathogens, including parasitic plants in any stage of development. See Tennessee Code 43-6-102
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Regulated article: means any article of any character carrying or capable of carrying the boll weevil, including, but not limited to, cotton plants, seed cotton, other hosts, gin trash and mechanical cotton pickers. See Tennessee Code 43-6-402
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• 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
• 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
• Savings and loan association: includes a building and loan association, a federal or state savings and loan association, a federal savings bank, and any other financial institution, the accounts of which are insured by the [former] federal savings and loan insurance corporation (FSLIC) or any successor [repealed] of such corporation. 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
• Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105