§ 54-10-201 Changing or closing roads – Application by petition
§ 54-10-202 Notice to interested parties of action to open or close
§ 54-10-203 Nonresident landowners notified
§ 54-10-204 Jury of view – Members – Oath
§ 54-10-205 Damages – Payment
§ 54-10-206 Appeals from action of jury of view
§ 54-10-207 Costs and damages accruing in suit – Payment
§ 54-10-208 Action after final judgment
§ 54-10-209 Bond for appeal costs
§ 54-10-210 Attorney for county upon appeal
§ 54-10-211 Compensation of jury of view
§ 54-10-212 Waiver of damage by landowners
§ 54-10-213 Commissioner may act without petition
§ 54-10-214 Jury of view in joint districts
§ 54-10-215 Controversy to be heard at first term
§ 54-10-216 Alternative procedure for opening, changing, and closing of public roads in county that are not maintained by any other governmental entity
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 54 > Chapter 10 > Part 2 - Opening, Closing or Changing Public Roads

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • 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.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of transportation. See Tennessee Code 54-5-103
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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).
  • 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
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. 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
  • 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