Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 47 > Chapter 18 > Part 31 - Farm Machinery

• Authorized dealer: means an individual, corporation, or limited liability company authorized by a manufacturer or distributor to sell, barter, or exchange a particular make of new farm machinery. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Clear title: means legal ownership free from a perfected security interest or other perfected lien. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Comparable farm machinery: means an identical or substantially similar replacement piece of farm machinery. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Consumer: means :
  (A) A person who purchases or leases a piece of new farm machinery for purposes other than resale. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Distributor: means any person who sells or distributes new and unused farm machinery to authorized dealers. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Full purchase price: means the cost paid by a consumer, including any collateral charge. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• 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.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Manufacturer: means a person who manufactures, assembles, or imports new farm machinery. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Nonconformity: means any defect or condition affecting a piece of farm machinery that:
  (A) Does not conform with the terms of an express warranty issued by a manufacturer to a consumer. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means a natural person, partnership, corporation, association, trust, estate, or other legal entity. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Quality assurance period: means the earliest of the following:
  (A) Twelve (12) months after the date of delivery of new farm machinery to a consumer. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Reasonable allowance for use: means an amount attributable to use by a consumer:
  (A) Before the consumer's first report of a nonconformity to a manufacturer, distributor, or authorized dealer. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Reasonable number of repair attempts: means :
  (A) Three (3) attempts to repair the same nonconformity, the total cost of which equals at least thirty percent (30%) of the full purchase price of the farm machinery. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105