Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 29 > Chapter 42 - Qualified Civil Liability Actions

• Ammunition: means an ammunition or cartridge case, primer, bullet, or propellant powder designed for use in a firearm. See Tennessee Code 29-42-101
• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• board: means the board provided for in part 3 of this chapter. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
• Creditable service: means prior service plus membership service, as provided in part 6 of this chapter. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Dealer: means a person who is licensed to engage in business as a dealer in this state in accordance with 18 U. See Tennessee Code 29-42-101
• Local retirement fund: means any teachers' retirement fund or other arrangement for payment of retirement benefits to teachers, except this retirement system, supported wholly or in part by contributions made by an employer as defined by chapters 34-37 of this title. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
• Manufacturer: means a person who is:
  (A) Engaged in the business of manufacturing a qualified product in intrastate commerce. See Tennessee Code 29-42-101
• Member: means any person included in the membership of the retirement system, as provided in chapter 35, part 1 of this title. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
• Negligent entrustment: means the supplying of a qualified product by a seller for use by another person when the seller knows, or reasonably should know, the person to whom the product is supplied is likely to, and does, use the product in a manner involving unreasonable risk of physical injury to the person or others. See Tennessee Code 29-42-101
• Person: means an individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, joint stock company, governmental entity, or other entity. See Tennessee Code 29-42-101
• Qualified civil liability action: means a civil action or proceeding or an administrative proceeding brought by a person against a manufacturer or seller of a qualified product for damages, punitive damages, injunctive or declaratory relief, abatement, restitution, fines, penalties, or other relief, resulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse of a qualified product by a person. See Tennessee Code 29-42-101
• Qualified product: means :
  (A) A firearm. See Tennessee Code 29-42-101
• Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Retirement: means withdrawal from membership with a retirement allowance granted under chapters 34-37 of this title. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
• Retirement system: means the Tennessee consolidated retirement system as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
• Seller: means a person engaged in the business of selling a qualified product at wholesale or retail in this state. See Tennessee Code 29-42-101
• Service: means service as a general employee, a teacher, a state police officer, a wildlife officer, a firefighter, a police officer, a state judge, a county judge, an attorney general, a commissioner or a county official which is paid for by an employer, and also includes service for which a former member of the general assembly is entitled to under former §. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
• State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101