Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 49 > Chapter 2 > Part 8 - Tennessee Accommodations for All Children Act

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Changing facility: means an area in which a person may be in a state of undress in the presence of others, including a locker room, changing room, or shower room. See Tennessee Code 49-2-802
• 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.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Reasonable accommodation: includes , but is not limited to, access to a single-occupancy restroom or changing facility or use of an employee restroom or changing facility. See Tennessee Code 49-2-802
• Restroom: means a facility that includes one (1) or more toilets or urinals. See Tennessee Code 49-2-802
• sex: means a person's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth and evidence of a person's biological sex. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• 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
• written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105