Tennessee Code 48-101-520 – Recovery of damages – Actions – Treble damages – Settlement – Attorney’s fees
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-101-520
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Court: includes every court and judge having jurisdiction in the case. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- 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.
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- 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.
- knowing: means actual awareness of the falsity or deception, but actual awareness may be inferred when objective manifestations indicate that a reasonable person would have known or would have reason to know of the falsity or deception. See Tennessee Code 48-101-501
- Person: means any individual, organization, trust, foundation, group, association, partnership, corporation, society or any combination of them. See Tennessee Code 48-101-501
- Proceeding: includes civil suit and criminal, administrative, and investigatory action. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
- Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- secretary: means the secretary of state or the secretary of state's authorized representative or designee. See Tennessee Code 48-101-501 v2
- Secretary of state: means the secretary of state or the secretary of state's authorized representative. See Tennessee Code 48-101-501
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- solicitation: means any oral or written request, however communicated, whether directly or indirectly, for a contribution. See Tennessee Code 48-101-501
- 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
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
- written: means any information in the form of a document. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105