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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 9-2-101

  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • 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

The revenue of the state is derived from taxes on property, incomes, sales of land, the exercise of privileges, litigation, from fines, forfeitures and escheats, from merchants, from peddlers, and from inheritance taxes, jail fees and interest.