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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 71-1-202

  • 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.
  • 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

Organizations or businesses having state contracts to provide services may make application to the state agency or department having jurisdiction over the contractor for advance payment. No funds shall be released to the contractor until the third party contractor has demonstrated that state matching fund requirements have been met.