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    Tennessee Code - Title 66 - Chapter 5 - Part 1 - General Provisions

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    Tennessee Code > Title 66 > Chapter 5 > Part 1 - General Provisions

    Tennessee Code > Title 66 > Chapter 5 > Part 1


    General Provisions
    Current as of: 2010 | Check for updates | Other versions

    66-5-101 Grants or devises passing full estate


    66-5-102 Mineral estates in coal
    66-5-103 Forms of conveyances
    66-5-104 Execution by agent or attorney
    66-5-106 Authentication and registration required Formal ceremonies unnecessary
    66-5-107 Correction of errors
    66-5-108 Preservation, or extinguishment and reversion of mineral interests
    66-5-109 Eective date of conveyance

    Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 66 > Chapter 5 > Part 1
    adavit: A written statement of facts conrmed by the oath of the party making it, before a
    notary or ocer having authority to administer oaths.

    Agriculture: means :
    (i) The land, buildings and machinery used in the commercial production of farm products and
    nursery stock. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

    answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting

    forth the grounds for defense.

    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.

    Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all
    additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

    complaint: A written statement by the plainti stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the

    defendant.
    deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.

    defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of

    the crime.
    devise: To gift property by will.
    evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact

    nder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
    grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
    Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein,

    equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105


    mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
    Oath: includes armation. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

    Person: includes a corporation, rm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
    Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See
    Tennessee Code 1-3-105

    plainti: The person who les the complaint in a civil lawsuit.


    Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
    prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the

    government.
    real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests
    therein, equitable as well as legal. 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
    remainder: An interest in property that takes eect in the future at a specied time or after the

    occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.


    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 dierent parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia
    and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

    statute: A law passed by a legislature.


    testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
    writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specic

    act.
    written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of
    representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

    Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

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