Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 43 > Chapter 8 > Part 3 - Aerial Application of Pesticides

• Adjuvant: means any substance that, when added to a pesticide, is intended to aid, modify or enhance its effectiveness by its properties of serving as a wetting agent, detergent, spreading agent, synergist, deposit builder, adhesive, surfactant, emulsifying agent, deflocculating agent, water modifier, or similar agent, with or without toxic properties of its own, and when sold in a package or container separate from that of the pesticide with which it is to be used. See Tennessee Code 43-8-301
• 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
• Aircraft: means any contrivance known or hereafter invented that is used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air over land or water and is designed or adaptable for use in applying pesticides in any form. See Tennessee Code 43-8-301
• 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.
• Commercial aerial applicator: means any person who engages in the application of pesticides by aircraft. See Tennessee Code 43-8-301
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture, or the commissioner's authorized agent. See Tennessee Code 43-8-301
• 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.
• Custom application of pesticides: means any application of pesticides for hire. See Tennessee Code 43-8-301
• Department: means the department of agriculture. See Tennessee Code 43-8-301
• 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.
• 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.
• Label: means the written, printed or graphic matter on or attached to a pesticide, or the immediate container thereof and the outside container or wrapper of the retail package, if any there be, of the pesticide. See Tennessee Code 43-8-102
• Licensee: means any person duly licensed under this part. See Tennessee Code 43-8-301
• 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 individual, partnership, firm, corporation, company, trust, association, or other legal entity. See Tennessee Code 43-8-301
• Pesticide: means any substance or mixture of substances, or chemical intended for defoliating or desiccating plants, or for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any insects, rodents, fungi, bacteria, weeds, or other form of plant or animal life the commissioner declares to be a pest. See Tennessee Code 43-8-301
• Pilot: means any person flying an aircraft. See Tennessee Code 43-8-301
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• 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
• 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
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.