Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 47 > Chapter 18 > Part 23 - [Misleading or Inaccurate Caller Identification Information]

• Attorney general: means the office of the Tennessee attorney general and reporter. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
• Caller identification information: means information provided by a caller identification service regarding the telephone number, or other origination information, of a call or facsimile transmission made using a telecommunications service or an interconnected VoIP service, or of a text message sent using a text messaging service. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2301
• 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.
• Person: means a natural person, consumer, individual, governmental agency, partnership, corporation, trust, estate, incorporated or unincorporated association, and any other legal or commercial entity however organized. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
• Place of primary use: means the street address where a subscriber's use of a telecommunications service or interconnected VoIP service primarily occurs, which shall be:
  (A) The residential street address or the primary business street address of the subscriber or, in the case of a subscriber of interconnected VoIP service, the subscriber's registered location. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2301
• Provider: means a person or entity that offers telecommunications service or interconnected VoIP service. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2301
• Registered location: means the most recent information obtained by an interconnected VoIP service provider that identifies the physical location of an end user. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2301
• 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).
• 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
• Subscriber: means a person:
  (A) Who subscribes to a caller identification service in connection with a telecommunications service or an interconnected VoIP service. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2301
• Telecommunications service: means the offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, or to classes of users so as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2301
• Text messaging service: means a service that permits the transmission or receipt of a text message, including a service provided as part of or in connection with a telecommunications service or an interconnected VoIP service. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2301
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.