Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 47 > Chapter 18 > Part 17 - Employment Agencies

• 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.
• Attorney general: means the attorney general and reporter, or the attorney general and reporter's designee. See Tennessee Code 47-18-1702
• Candidate: means any person, whether employed or unemployed, seeking or entering into any arrangement for employment or change of employment through the services of an employment agency. See Tennessee Code 47-18-1702
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Employer: means any person who engages or seeks to engage candidates for employment. See Tennessee Code 47-18-1702
• Employment agency: means any person who, for a fee paid by a candidate or other compensation provided by a candidate:
  (A) Places or attempts to place candidates seeking employment where the fee is not paid by the employer. See Tennessee Code 47-18-1702
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Fee: means anything of value paid or directed to be paid for the services of an employment agency. See Tennessee Code 47-18-1702
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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, company, corporation, partnership, association or firm, including any officer, director or employee of a corporation. See Tennessee Code 47-18-1702
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• 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
• Tennessee Consumer Protection Act: means the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977, as amended, compiled in part 1 of this chapter and related statutes. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.