Tennessee Code 67-4-2602 – Certification by tobacco product manufacturer as to compliance – Directory listing certified manufacturers and brand families – Unlawful practices
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-4-2602
- Brand family: means all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trademark and differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors, including, but not limited to, "menthol" "lights" "kings" and "100s" and includes any brand name, alone or in conjunction with any other word, trademark, logo, symbol, motto, selling message, recognizable pattern of colors, or any other indicia of product identification identical or similar to, or identifiable with, a previously known brand of cigarettes. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2601
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of revenue. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2601
- 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.
- Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Financial institution: means a holding company, any regulated financial corporation, a subsidiary of a holding company or a regulated financial corporation, an investment entity that is indirectly more than fifty percent (50%) owned by a holding company or a regulated financial corporation, or any other person that is carrying on the business of a financial institution. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2004
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Importer: means any person in the United States to whom cigarettes manufactured in a foreign country are shipped or consigned or any person who removes cigarettes for sale or consumption in the United States from a customs bonded warehouse. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2601
- 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.
- Licensed agent: means a person who is authorized to affix tax stamps to packages or other containers of cigarettes under §. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2601
- Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
- Nonparticipating manufacturer: means any tobacco product manufacturer that is not a participating manufacturer. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2601
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Participating manufacturer: has the meaning given that term in Section II(jj) of the master settlement agreement and all amendments thereto. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2601
- Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
- Sales: means all gross receipts of the taxpayer not allocated under this part. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2004
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- State: means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States and any foreign country or political subdivision thereof. See Tennessee Code 67-4-2004
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- 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