Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 41 > Chapter 2 - County Workhouses

• Adventure tourism: means outdoor recreational opportunities such as equine and motorized trail riding, white water rafting and kayaking, rappelling, road biking, rock climbing, hang-gliding, spelunking, shooting sports, mountain biking, canoeing, paragliding, rowing, zip lining and other such activities. See Tennessee Code 11-11-203
• Adventure tourism district: means a defined geographic area identified and authorized by a two-thirds (²/₃) vote of a local governing body and approved by the department and the department of environment and conservation as an area where the promotion of adventure tourism is encouraged. See Tennessee Code 11-11-203
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Area: means an area of land or water, or both, whether in public or private ownership, which has scenic, natural, or scientific values. See Tennessee Code 11-14-103
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
• Best interests of the state: means a determination by the commissioner of revenue, with approval by the commissioner of tourist development, that:
  (A) The qualified business enterprise or enterprises made within or adjacent to an adventure tourism district is a result of the special allocation and tax credits provided for in §. See Tennessee Code 11-11-203
• Canoeing: means the use of canoe for navigation of waterways. See Tennessee Code 11-11-203
• Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of environment and conservation. See Tennessee Code 11-14-103
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of health, who shall administer this part. See Tennessee Code 11-12-202
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of environment and conservation. See Tennessee Code 11-11-103
• Conservation easement: means a conservation easement as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 11-11-103
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the department of environment and conservation. See Tennessee Code 11-14-103
• Department: means the department of tourist development. See Tennessee Code 11-11-203
• Department: means the department of environment and conservation. See Tennessee Code 11-11-103
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Hang-gliding: means an air sport in which a pilot flies a light and un-motorized aircraft launched by foot. See Tennessee Code 11-11-203
• Highway: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Jogging trail: means any trail at least one (1) mile in length. See Tennessee Code 11-12-202
• Kayaking: means the use of a kayak for navigation of waterways. See Tennessee Code 11-11-203
• Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Livestock: means all equine as well as animals that are being raised primarily for use as food or fiber for human utilization or consumption including, but not limited to, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, and poultry. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Local governing body: means the elected legislative body of a municipal, metropolitan or county government. See Tennessee Code 11-11-203
• Motorized trail riding: means the exploration of trails and natural areas by use of all-terrain vehicles. See Tennessee Code 11-11-203
• Mountain biking: means the exploration of trails and natural areas by the use of bicycles. See Tennessee Code 11-11-203
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Oath: includes affirmation. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Paragliding: means the air sport in which a pilot flies a light motorized aircraft that uses a parachute to stay airborne. See Tennessee Code 11-11-203
• 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.
• Political subdivision: means any county, any incorporated city or town, or other political subdivision. See Tennessee Code 11-11-103
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
• 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
• 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.
• 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
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Road: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Road biking: means both noncompetitive and competitive bicycling events that take place on improved roads. See Tennessee Code 11-11-203
• Rock climbing: means the recreational sport of climbing up or across natural rock formations. See Tennessee Code 11-11-203
• Rowing: means the propelling of a boat by means of oars. See Tennessee Code 11-11-203
• sex: means a person's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth and evidence of a person's biological sex. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Shooting sports: means the recreational sport of firing handguns, rifles or shotguns at moving or fixed targets. See Tennessee Code 11-11-203
• 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
• Spelunking: means the recreational sport of exploring noncommercial cave systems. See Tennessee Code 11-11-203
• State land: includes any land owned, operated, or under the control or supervision of any department or agency of the state. See Tennessee Code 11-12-202
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• System: means collectively the areas, whether scenic, natural or scientific, which will be placed in this part and which shall receive the preservation and protection that is provided by this part. See Tennessee Code 11-14-103
• System: means the "Tennessee trails system" as established in this chapter and including all trails and trail segments, together with their rights-of-way, whether initially designated or later added by any of the procedures described in the chapter. See Tennessee Code 11-11-103
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. ^{Source: OCC}
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• White water rafting: means the recreational activity of using an inflatable raft or kayak to navigate rough water. See Tennessee Code 11-11-203
• written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Zip lining: means the exploration of natural areas by use of above-ground cable systems. See Tennessee Code 11-11-203