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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 29-15-121

  • Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.

This chapter does not deprive the plaintiff of a right to an action for mesne profits after verdict and judgment in plaintiff’s favor, or the defendant of the right to file a bill in equity for the value of defendant’s improvements, but those rights are subject to the general provisions of this Code regulating actions.