Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-28-103

• Area of sales responsibility: means the geographical area, agreed to by the dealer and the manufacturer in the manufacturer/dealer agreement, within which area the dealer has the exclusive right to display and sell the manufacturer's new recreational vehicles of a particular line-make to the retail public. See Tennessee Code 55-28-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Dealer: means any person, firm, corporation, or business entity licensed or required to be licensed under this chapter or chapter 17, part 4 of this title. See Tennessee Code 55-28-102
• Distributor: means any person, firm, corporation, or business entity that purchases new recreational vehicles for resale to dealers. See Tennessee Code 55-28-102
• Line-make: means a specific series of recreational vehicles that:
  (A) Are identified by a common series trade name or trademark. See Tennessee Code 55-28-102
• Manufacturer: means any person, firm, corporation, or business entity that engages in the manufacturing of recreational vehicles. See Tennessee Code 55-28-102
• signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. 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
• Vehicle: means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105