Tennessee Code > Title 40 > Chapter 39 > Part 3 – Tennessee Serious and Violent Sex Offender Monitoring Pilot Project Act
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 40 > Chapter 39 > Part 3 - Tennessee Serious and Violent Sex Offender Monitoring Pilot Project Act
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- 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.
- Minor: means any person who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Plea agreement: An arrangement between the prosecutor, the defense attorney, and the defendant in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for special considerations. Source:
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Serious offender: includes any person who is convicted in any other jurisdiction of any offense that would constitute a serious offense as defined in this part. See Tennessee Code 40-39-301
- Sexual offense: means any of the crimes enumerated in §. See Tennessee Code 40-39-301
- 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
- Violent sexual offender: means any person who is convicted in the state, on or after July 1, 2004, of any sexual offense, as defined in subdivision (2) or §. See Tennessee Code 40-39-301