Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 43 > Chapter 38 > Part 2 - Organization of Cooperative

• Address: means mailing address, including a zip code. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
• Agriculture: means :
  (i) The land, buildings and machinery used in the commercial production of farm products and nursery stock. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• articles of organization: means articles of organization as originally filed and subsequently amended. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
• Bylaws: means a written agreement described in §. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
• 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 agriculture. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
• Cooperative: means an association organized under this title conducting business on a cooperative plan as provided under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
• Filed with the secretary of state: means that a document meeting the applicable requirements of this chapter, signed and accompanied by the required filing fee, has been delivered to the secretary of state of this state. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
• Governance rights: means a right to vote on one (1) or more matters and all a member's rights as a member in the cooperative other than financial rights. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
• 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
• Member: means a person or entity reflected on the books of the cooperative as the owner of governance rights of a membership interest of the cooperative and includes patron and nonpatron members. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
• Patron: means a person or entity who conducts patronage business with the cooperative. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
• Patronage: means business, transactions, or services done for or with the cooperative as defined by the cooperative. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
• Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• Secretary of state: means the person who holds the office of secretary of state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
• Signed: means that the signature of a person has been written on a document, and, with respect to a document required by this chapter to be filed with the secretary of state, means that the document has been signed by a person authorized to do so by this chapter, the articles or bylaws, or by a resolution approved by the directors or the members. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
• 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
• written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105