§ 69-5-701 Contracts for improvements
§ 69-5-702 Notice of work
§ 69-5-703 Contracts let to lowest bidders – Rejection of bids and readvertisement
§ 69-5-704 Deposits by bidders
§ 69-5-705 Bond or deposit of contractor – Return of bid deposit
§ 69-5-706 Forfeiture of deposit and action for breach of contract
§ 69-5-707 Engineer
§ 69-5-708 Bond of engineer
§ 69-5-709 Monthly estimates of work and payments thereon
§ 69-5-710 Warrant for balance due upon completion of work
§ 69-5-711 Warrants – Manner of drawing and payment
§ 69-5-712 Drainage overseer
§ 69-5-713 Bridges built by county across public highway
§ 69-5-714 Use of ditch or watercourse by assessed landowner
§ 69-5-715 Use by landowner subject to control of district directors
§ 69-5-716 Control of discharge of creek or branch into main ditch or drain
§ 69-5-717 Application by owner to use ditch or drain – Designation of use
§ 69-5-718 Location of lateral drains – Determination by board and fixing of damages
§ 69-5-719 Damages a lien on land – Enforcement of lien
§ 69-5-720 Appeal from action of directors to circuit court – Bonds
§ 69-5-721 Continuation of work pending appeal
§ 69-5-722 Collection of assessments – Separate fund
§ 69-5-723 Improvements may be limited to what parties desire
§ 69-5-724 Unlawful to injure ditches, canals, or other improvements
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 69 > Chapter 5 > Part 7 - Construction and Maintenance by Districts

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • County mayor: means and includes "county executive" unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Highway: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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.
  • Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • 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