Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 47 > Chapter 18 > Part 22 - Video Consumer Privacy

• Consumer: means any renter, purchaser, or subscriber of goods or services from a video tape service provider or video tape seller. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2203
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• 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.
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Minor: means any person who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Ordinary course of business: means only debt collection activities, order fulfillment, request processing, and the transfer of ownership. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2203
• 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
• Personally identifiable information: means any information which identifies a person as having requested or obtained specific video materials or services from a video tape service provider or video tape seller. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2203
• 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.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Video tape seller: means any person engaged in the business of selling prerecorded video cassette tapes or similar audio visual materials. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2203
• Video tape service provider: means any person engaged in the business of rental of prerecorded video cassette tapes or similar audio visual materials. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2203
• written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105