Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-101 (2026)
Definitions for bribery offenses
✓ current as of May 2026
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
- (1) "Juror" means any person who is a member of any jury, including a grand jury, impaneled by any court of this state or by any public servant authorized by law to impanel a jury. "Juror" also includes any person who has been summoned or whose name has been drawn to attend as a prospective juror;
- (2) "Party officer" means a person who holds any position or office in a political party, whether by election, appointment or otherwise; and
- (3) "Pecuniary benefit" means benefit in the form of money, property, commercial interests or anything else, the primary significance of which is economic gain.
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2000–2020 · leading case: State of Tennessee v. Curtis Reed Hosendove (Tenn. Crim. App. 2020).
State of Tennessee v. Curtis Reed Hosendove (Tenn. Crim. App. 2020). “[t]he information relating to the offense reported is false[.”
David Rivkin v. Lori Postal (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “See generally Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-101 (3) (1997); Creeping Bear v.”
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