Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 40 > Chapter 5 > Part 2 - Judicial Commissioners

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Board: means the board of directors of a watershed district. See Tennessee Code 69-6-102
• 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.
• District: means a watershed district for which organization is proposed or which has been granted under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 69-6-102
• Dower: A widow
• Land: means "real property" as defined by the laws of this state and includes, but is not limited to, easements, water rights, or any other interest in real property. See Tennessee Code 69-6-102
• Landowner: means any person owning any interest in land located in a district, including tenants in common, tenants by the entireties, joint tenants, life tenants, owners of dower or curtesy rights, vested beneficiaries of the remainder interests, and the holders of leasehold interests of more than three (3) years' duration. See Tennessee Code 69-6-102
• 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 any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation. See Tennessee Code 69-6-102
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Publication: means the publication in a newspaper or newspapers admitted to the United States mail as second-class matter, of general circulation within the watershed district. See Tennessee Code 69-6-102
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. 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
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105