Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 47 > Chapter 18 > Part 20 - Cigarettes

• Attorney general: means the office of the Tennessee attorney general and reporter. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
• Cigarette retailer: means each and every cigarette vending machine, place, store, booth, concession, truck, vehicle or person that in any way sells or makes available cigarettes or cigarette products directly or indirectly to the ultimate consumer. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2002
• 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.
• Person: means a natural person, consumer, individual, governmental agency, partnership, corporation, trust, estate, incorporated or unincorporated association, and any other legal or commercial entity however organized. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
• 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).
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• 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
• Tobacco product manufacturer: means an entity that, after May 4, 1999, directly (and not exclusively through any affiliate):
  (i) Manufactures cigarettes anywhere that such manufacturer intends to be sold in the United States, including cigarettes intended to be sold in the United States through an importer (except where such importer is an original participating manufacturer as that term is defined in the master settlement agreement) that will be responsible for the payments under the master settlement agreement with respect to such cigarettes as a result of the provisions of subsections II(mm) of the master settlement agreement and that pays the taxes specified in subsection II(z) of the master settlement agreement, and provided that the manufacturer of such cigarettes does not market or advertise such cigarettes in the United States. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2002
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105