Tennessee Code 66-11-126 – Methods of enforcement
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Liens under this chapter, except as provided in subdivision (5)(A), shall be enforced only by the filing of a complaint, petition, or civil warrant seeking the issuance of an attachment in the manner as follows:
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 66-11-126
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- 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.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Oath: includes affirmation. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Owner: includes the owner in fee of real property, or of a less estate in real property, a lessee for a term of years, a vendee in possession under a contract for the purchase of real property, and any person having any right, title or interest, legal or equitable, in real property, that may be sold under process. See Tennessee Code 66-11-101
- Person: means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, association, trust, estate, or other legal or commercial entity. See Tennessee Code 66-11-101
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Prime contractor: means a person, including a land surveyor as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 66-11-101
- 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.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Real property: includes real estate, lands, tenements and hereditaments, corporeal and incorporeal, and fixtures and improvements thereon. See Tennessee Code 66-11-101
- Remote contractor: means a person, including a land surveyor as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 66-11-101
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.