Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 17 > Chapter 3 > Part 2 - General Sessions Judges Conference

• Affiliate: means a legal entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another legal entity or shares common branding with another legal entity. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Attorney general: means the office of the Tennessee attorney general and reporter. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
• Authenticate: means to verify using reasonable means that a consumer who is entitled to exercise the rights in §. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Authorized dealer: means an individual, corporation, or limited liability company authorized by a manufacturer or distributor to sell, barter, or exchange a particular make of new farm machinery. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Child: means a natural person younger than thirteen (13) years of age. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Clear title: means legal ownership free from a perfected security interest or other perfected lien. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Comparable farm machinery: means an identical or substantially similar replacement piece of farm machinery. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Consumer: means :
  (A) A person who purchases or leases a piece of new farm machinery for purposes other than resale. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Consumer report: has the meaning ascribed to that term by Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
• Consumer reporting agency: has the meaning ascribed to that term by Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
• controlled: means :
  (A) Ownership of, or the power to vote, more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of a class of voting security of a company. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Controller: means the natural or legal person that, alone or jointly with others, determines the purpose and means of processing personal information. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• County mayor: means and includes "county executive" unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• De-identified data: means data that cannot reasonably be linked to an identified or identifiable natural person, or a device linked to that individual. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer: means decisions made by the controller that result in the provision or denial by the controller of financial or lending services, housing, insurance, education enrollment or opportunity, criminal justice, employment opportunities, healthcare services, or access to basic necessities, such as food and water. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Distributor: means any person who sells or distributes new and unused farm machinery to authorized dealers. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Engaged in the business of installing vehicle immobilization devices: means installing or removing vehicle immobilization devices on motor vehicles in exchange for monetary payment or other valuable consideration, whether such payment or consideration is received for the installation or the removal of the vehicle immobilization device. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3202
• Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Full purchase price: means the cost paid by a consumer, including any collateral charge. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• HIPAA: means the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Identity theft: means :
  (A) Obtaining, possessing, transferring, using or attempting to obtain, possess, transfer or use, for unlawful economic benefit, one (1) or more identification documents or personal identification numbers of another person. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
• Institution of higher education: means a public or private institution of higher education. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
• Legal advertisement: means a solicitation of legal services through television. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3001
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Manufacturer: means a person who manufactures, assembles, or imports new farm machinery. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Nonconformity: means any defect or condition affecting a piece of farm machinery that:
  (A) Does not conform with the terms of an express warranty issued by a manufacturer to a consumer. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Nonprofit organization: means :
  (A) A corporation organized under the Tennessee Nonprofit Corporation Act, compiled in title 48, chapter 51. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• operator: means a person authorized by a political subdivision of this state to be engaged in the business of installing vehicle immobilization devices within the jurisdictional area of the political subdivision. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3202
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means an individual or legal entity that advertises legal services or that identifies potential clients for attorneys or law firms. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3001
• Person: means a natural person, partnership, corporation, association, trust, estate, or other legal entity. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Person: means an individual, sole proprietor, independent contractor, partnership, corporation, or similar business entity. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3202
• Person: means a natural person, consumer, individual, governmental agency, partnership, corporation, trust, estate, incorporated or unincorporated association, and any other legal or commercial entity however organized. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
• Political subdivision: means a municipality, public corporation, body politic, authority, district, metropolitan government, county, or an agency, department, or board of such entities. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3202
• processing: means an operation or set of operations performed, whether by manual or automated means, on personal information or on sets of personal information, such as the collection, use, storage, disclosure, analysis, deletion, or modification of personal information. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Processor: means a natural or legal entity that processes personal information on behalf of a controller. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Profiling: means a form of solely automated processing performed on personal information to evaluate, analyze, or predict personal aspects related to an identified or identifiable natural person's economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Protected health information: has the meaning given that term in 45 C. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3001
• Pseudonymous data: means personal information that cannot be attributed to a specific natural person without the use of additional information, so long as the additional information is kept separately and is subject to appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal information is not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Publicly available information: means information that is lawfully made available through federal, state, or local government records, or information that a business has a reasonable basis to believe is lawfully made available to the general public through widely distributed media, by the consumer, or by a person to whom the consumer has disclosed the information, unless the consumer has restricted the information to a specific audience. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Quality assurance period: means the earliest of the following:
  (A) Twelve (12) months after the date of delivery of new farm machinery to a consumer. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Reasonable allowance for use: means an amount attributable to use by a consumer:
  (A) Before the consumer's first report of a nonconformity to a manufacturer, distributor, or authorized dealer. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• Reasonable number of repair attempts: means :
  (A) Three (3) attempts to repair the same nonconformity, the total cost of which equals at least thirty percent (30%) of the full purchase price of the farm machinery. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3101
• 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).
• Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Sensitive data: means a category of personal information that includes:
  (A) Personal information revealing racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, mental or physical health diagnosis, sexual orientation, or citizenship or immigration status. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Solicit: means offering to provide legal services by print. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3001
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Tennessee Consumer Protection Act: means the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977, as amended, compiled in part 1 of this chapter and related statutes. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
• Third party: means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or body other than the consumer, controller, processor, or an affiliate of the processor or the controller. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3302
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Vehicle immobilization device: means a mechanical device that is designed or adapted to be attached to a wheel, tire, or other part of a parked motor vehicle to prohibit the motor vehicle's usual manner of movement or operation. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3202
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.