Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 47 > Chapter 25 > Part 8 - Coupon Sales Promotions

• Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
• 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.
• Coupon: includes "coupon book. See Tennessee Code 47-25-802
• Coupon book: means a group of two (2) or more coupons sold, offered for sale, or otherwise distributed as a single unit. See Tennessee Code 47-25-802
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• 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.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other business organization or entity, including charitable or nonprofit organizations and their officers and employees. See Tennessee Code 47-25-802
• Promoter: means any person, and any agent or representative of such person, engaged in the sale or offering or solicitation for sale of coupons. See Tennessee Code 47-25-802
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Sponsor: means any person represented as being obligated to provide goods, services, or discount privileges to the purchaser or holder of a coupon. See Tennessee Code 47-25-802
• 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
• written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105