(a) The name of every association shall include the words “savings and loan association” and “savings bank.” These words shall be preceded or followed by an appropriate descriptive word or words approved by the commissioner. An ordinal number may not be used as a single descriptive word preceding the words “savings and loan association” unless the words are followed by the name of the town, city, or county in which the association has its home office.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 45-3-209

  • Association: means a capital stock or mutual savings and loan association. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
  • 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 45-3-104
  • Financial institution: means a thrift institution, commercial bank, or trust company. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
  • Home: means a structure designed for residential use by not more than four (4) families or a single condominium unit, including common elements pertinent thereto, designed for residential use by one (1) family in a multiple dwelling unit structure or complex, and includes fixtures. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
  • 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.
  • Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate, unincorporated association, company, or corporation organized under the laws of this or any other state, the United States or foreign country. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. 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
(b) No certificate of authority of a proposed association having the same name as any other financial institution authorized to do business in this state under this chapter or a name so nearly resembling it as to be calculated to deceive shall be issued by the commissioner, except to an association formed by the reincorporation, reorganization, merger, consolidation, or conversion of other associations, or upon the sale of the property or franchise of an association.
(c) Except as otherwise provided by § 45-5-203, no person, either domestic or foreign, unless authorized to do business in this state under this chapter, shall do business under any name or title that indicates or reasonably implies that the business is of the character or kind of business carried on or transacted by an association or that is calculated to lead any person to believe that the business is that of an association.
(d) Upon application by the commissioner or by any association, a court of competent jurisdiction may issue an injunction to restrain an entity violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of subsections (a)-(c).
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