Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 45 > Chapter 3 > Part 12 - Reorganization and Liquidation

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Association: means a capital stock or mutual savings and loan association. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Branch office: means an office or facility, other than the home office, at which payments on accounts and loans may be accepted and applications for loans may be received, at which accounts may be opened, and loans may be closed, and at which any other authorized business of the association may be transacted. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of financial institutions. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the department of financial institutions. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
• Deposit: means a deposit of money, bonds or other things of value, creating a debtor-creditor relationship. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
• Depositor: means the holder of a deposit account in an association. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
• Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
• Home: means a structure designed for residential use by not more than four (4) families or a single condominium unit, including common elements pertinent thereto, designed for residential use by one (1) family in a multiple dwelling unit structure or complex, and includes fixtures. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
• Home office: means the principal place of business maintained by the association and so designated in its charter, at which all authorized business of the association may be transacted. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
• Impaired condition: means a condition in which the assets of an association in the aggregate do not equal the aggregate amount of its liabilities. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
• Interest: means that part of the net income, retained earnings, or surplus of an association that is payable to or credited to holders of deposit accounts. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
• 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.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Member: means a person holding a deposit account of a mutual association. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate, unincorporated association, company, or corporation organized under the laws of this or any other state, the United States or foreign country. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
• Property: includes both personal and real property. 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Stockholder: means the holder of one (1) or more shares of any class of capital stock of a capital stock association organized and operating pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
• written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105