Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 55 > Chapter 51 - Motorcycle Rider Education and Safety

• Chief instructor: means a licensed motorcycle operator who meets the standards established by the department to qualify to train and oversee instructors for the motorcycle rider education program. See Tennessee Code 55-51-101
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the department of safety. See Tennessee Code 55-51-101
• Director: means the commissioner of safety. See Tennessee Code 55-51-101
• Driver: means :
  (A) For purposes of a conventionally operated vehicle, every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Motorcycle rider education program: means the motorcycle training and information disbursement plan created in §. See Tennessee Code 55-51-101
• Motorcycle rider safety fund: means the restricted receipts account created in §. See Tennessee Code 55-51-101
• Operator: means :
  (A) For purposes of a conventionally operated vehicle, every person, other than a chauffeur, who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
• Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, or an engaged ADS. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
• Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Probate: Proving a will
• Probate court: means the court having jurisdiction over the administration of the estates of decedents. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Program coordinator: means the person designated by the director to plan, organize, and administer the motorcycle rider education program as provided in §. See Tennessee Code 55-51-101
• Property: includes both personal and real property. 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
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• Rider training course: means a motorcycle rider education curriculum and delivery system approved by the department as meeting standards designed to develop and instill the knowledge, attitudes, habits, and skills necessary for the safe operation of a motorcycle. See Tennessee Code 55-51-101
• 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
• Training specialist: means the person designated by the director to fulfill the obligations stated in §. See Tennessee Code 55-51-101
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.