Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 48 > Limited Liability Companies > Chapter 232 - Contributions and Admission of Members

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• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• board of governors: means the board of governors of an LLC electing to be board-managed or, in the case of a foreign limited liability company, its equivalent. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
• Board-managed: means an LLC organized pursuant to this title that elected pursuant to §. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
• Contribution agreement: means a binding agreement between a person and an LLC under which:
  (A) The person has an obligation to make a contribution to the LLC in the future. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
• Entity: includes the following, whether foreign or domestic: LLCs. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
• Governance rights: means a right to vote on one (1) or more matters and all a member's rights as a member in the LLC other than financial rights and the right to assign financial rights. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
• Governor: means a natural person or entity serving on the board of governors of a board-managed LLC. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
• Interest: means either or both of the following rights under the organic law of an unincorporated entity:
  (A) The right to receive distributions from the entity either in the ordinary course or upon liquidation. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
• LLC: means a limited liability company, organized under chapters 201-248 of this title. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
• Member: means a person reflected in the required records of an LLC as the owner of some governance rights of a membership interest of the LLC. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
• Membership: means the rights and obligations a member has pursuant to a corporation's charter, bylaws and chapters 51-68 of this title. See Tennessee Code 48-51-201
• Membership interest: means a member's interest in an LLC consisting of a member's financial rights, a member's right to assign financial rights as provided in §. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
• 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.
• Operating agreement: means a written agreement described in §. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
• Person: includes individual and entity. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105