Tennessee Code 45-2-1719 – Injunction
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 45-2-1719
- Bank: means any person, as hereinafter defined, doing a banking business subject to the laws of this or any other jurisdiction and, for the purposes of supervision, examination and liquidation, includes industrial investment companies and industrial banks authorized by chapter 5 of this title. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of financial institutions. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- 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.
Whenever a violation of this chapter and chapter 1 of this title by a bank or an officer, director or employee thereof is threatened or impending and will cause substantial injury to the institution or to the depositors, or stockholders thereof, a court of competent jurisdiction shall, upon the suit of the commissioner, issue an injunction restraining the violation.