Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 8 > Chapter 14 > Part 4 - District Public Defender's Fiscal Affairs

• 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.
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Department: means the department of health. See Tennessee Code 68-11-302
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Patient: includes , but is not limited to, outpatients, inpatients, persons dead on arrival, persons receiving emergency room care, and the newborn. See Tennessee Code 68-11-302
• Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
• State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101