Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 47 > Chapter 18 > Part 32 - Booting Consumer Protection Act

• 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.
• Attorney general: means the office of the Tennessee attorney general and reporter. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
• 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.
• Engaged in the business of installing vehicle immobilization devices: means installing or removing vehicle immobilization devices on motor vehicles in exchange for monetary payment or other valuable consideration, whether such payment or consideration is received for the installation or the removal of the vehicle immobilization device. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3202
• operator: means a person authorized by a political subdivision of this state to be engaged in the business of installing vehicle immobilization devices within the jurisdictional area of the political subdivision. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3202
• 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 an individual, sole proprietor, independent contractor, partnership, corporation, or similar business entity. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3202
• Political subdivision: means a municipality, public corporation, body politic, authority, district, metropolitan government, county, or an agency, department, or board of such entities. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3202
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• 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
• Vehicle immobilization device: means a mechanical device that is designed or adapted to be attached to a wheel, tire, or other part of a parked motor vehicle to prohibit the motor vehicle's usual manner of movement or operation. See Tennessee Code 47-18-3202