Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 70 > Chapter 6 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Agency: means the wildlife resources agency. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
• 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.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Commission: means the Tennessee fish and wildlife commission, and "commissioner" means a member of the fish and wildlife commission. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• Executive director: means the executive director of the wildlife resources agency. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
• Fish: means all species of trout, salmon, walleye, northern pike, bass, crappie, bluegill, catfish, perch, sunfish, drum, carp, sucker, shad, minnow, and such other species of fish that are presently found in the state or may be introduced or transplanted into this state for consumptive or nonconsumptive use. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
• 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.
• Month: means a calendar month. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Person: means an individual, association, partnership, or corporation. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
• Possession: means both actual and constructive possession, and any control of the object or objects referred to. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• sex: means a person's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth and evidence of a person's biological sex. 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.
• Wild bird: means all game birds, nongame birds, and raptors. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
• Wildlife: means wild vertebrates, mollusks, crustaceans, and fish. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101