Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201 (2026)
General definitions
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) Unless the context otherwise requires, words or phrases defined in this section, or in the additional definitions contained in chapters 2-9 of this title that apply to particular chapters or parts thereof, have the meanings stated.
- (b) Subject to definitions contained in chapters 2-9 of this title that apply to particular chapters or parts thereof:
- (1) "Action", in the sense of a judicial proceeding, includes recoupment, counterclaim, set-off, suit in equity, and any other proceeding in which rights are determined;
- (2) "Aggrieved party" means a party entitled to pursue a remedy;
- (3) "Agreement", as distinguished from "contract", means the bargain of the parties in fact, as found in their language or inferred from other circumstances, including course of performance, course of dealing, or usage of trade as provided in § 47-1-303;
- (4) "Bank" means a person engaged in the business of banking and includes a savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, and trust company;
- (5) "Bearer" means a person in control of a negotiable electronic document of title or a person in possession of a negotiable instrument, negotiable tangible document of title, or certificated security that is payable to bearer or indorsed in blank;
- (6) "Bill of lading" means a document of title evidencing the receipt of goods for shipment issued by a person engaged in the business of directly or indirectly transporting or forwarding goods. The term does not include a warehouse receipt;
- (7) "Branch" includes a separately incorporated foreign branch of a bank;
- (8) "Burden of establishing" a fact means the burden of persuading the trier of fact that the existence of the fact is more probable than its nonexistence;
- (9) "Buyer in ordinary course of business" means a person that buys goods in good faith, without knowledge that the sale violates the rights of another person in the goods, and in the ordinary course from a person, other than a pawnbroker, in the business of selling goods of that kind. A person buys goods in the ordinary course if the sale to the person comports with the usual or customary practices in the kind of business in which the seller is engaged or with the seller's own usual or customary practices. A person that sells oil, gas, or other minerals at the wellhead or minehead is a person in the business of selling goods of that kind. A buyer in ordinary course of business may buy for cash, by exchange of other property, or on secured or unsecured credit, and may acquire goods or documents of title under a preexisting contract for sale. Only a buyer that takes possession of the goods or has a right to recover the goods from the seller under chapter 2 may be a buyer in ordinary course of business. "Buyer in ordinary course of business" does not include a person that acquires goods in a transfer in bulk or as security for or in total or partial satisfaction of a money debt;
- (10) "Central bank digital currency":
- (A) Means a digital currency, digital medium of exchange, or digital monetary unit of account issued by the federal reserve or another federal agency, a foreign government, a foreign central bank, a foreign reserve system, the Bank for International Settlement, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, or another international or intergovernmental body; and
- (B) Includes a digital currency, digital medium of exchange, or digital monetary unit of account issued by the federal reserve or another federal agency, a foreign government, a foreign central bank, a foreign reserve system, the Bank for International Settlement, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, or another international or intergovernmental body that is processed or validated directly by the entity;
- (11) "Conspicuous", with reference to a term, means so written, displayed, or presented that a reasonable person against which it is to operate ought to have noticed it. Whether a term is "conspicuous" or not is a decision for the court. Conspicuous terms include the following:
- (A) A heading in capitals equal to or greater in size than the surrounding text, or in contrasting type, font, or color to the surrounding text of the same or lesser size; and
- (B) Language in the body of a record or display in larger type than the surrounding text, or in contrasting type, font, or color to the surrounding text of the same size, or set off from surrounding text of the same size by symbols or other marks that call attention to the language;
- (12) "Consumer" means an individual who enters into a transaction primarily for personal, family, or household purposes;
- (13) "Contract", as distinguished from "agreement", means the total legal obligation that results from the parties' agreement as determined by chapters 1-9 of this title as supplemented by any other applicable laws;
- (14) "Creditor" includes a general creditor, a secured creditor, a lien creditor, and any representative of creditors, including an assignee for the benefit of creditors, a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver in equity, and an executor or administrator of an insolvent debtor's or assignor's estate;
- (15) "Defendant" includes a person in the position of defendant in a counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim;
- (16) "Delivery", with respect to an electronic document of title, means voluntary transfer of control and, with respect to an instrument, a tangible document of title, or chattel paper, means voluntary transfer of possession;
- (17) "Document of title" means:
- (A) That document which, in the regular course of business or financing, is treated as adequately evidencing that the person in possession or control of the record is entitled to receive, hold, and dispose of the record and the goods the record covers; and
- (B) A record that purports to be issued by or addressed to a bailee and to cover goods in the bailee's possession that are either identified or are fungible portions of an identified mass. The term includes a bill of lading, transport document, dock warrant, dock receipt, warehouse receipt, and order for delivery of goods. An electronic document of title means a document of title evidenced by a record consisting of information stored in an electronic medium. A tangible document of title means a document of title evidenced by a record consisting of information that is inscribed on a tangible medium;
- (18) "Fault" means a default, breach, or wrongful act or omission;
- (19) "Fungible goods" means:
- (A) Goods of which any unit, by nature or usage of trade, is the equivalent of any other like unit; or
- (B) Goods that by agreement are treated as equivalent;
- (20) "Genuine" means free of forgery or counterfeiting;
- (21) "Good faith", except as otherwise provided in chapter 5 of this title, means honesty in fact in the conduct or transaction concerned;
- (22) "Holder" means the person:
- (A) In possession of a negotiable instrument that is payable either to bearer or to an identified person that is the person in possession;
- (B) In possession of a negotiable tangible document of title if the goods are deliverable either to bearer or to the order of the person in possession; or
- (C) In control of a negotiable electronic document of title;
- (23) "Insolvency proceeding" includes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or other proceeding intended to liquidate or rehabilitate the estate of the person involved;
- (24) "Insolvent" means:
- (A) Having generally ceased to pay debts in the ordinary course of business other than as a result of bona fide dispute;
- (B) Being unable to pay debts as they become due; or
- (C) Being insolvent within the meaning of federal bankruptcy law;
- (25) "Money":
- (A) Means a medium of exchange currently authorized or adopted by a domestic or foreign government;
- (B) Includes a monetary unit of account established by an intergovernmental organization or by agreement between two (2) or more countries; and
- (C) Does not include a central bank digital currency;
- (26) "Organization" means a person other than an individual;
- (27) "Party", as distinguished from "third party", means a person that has engaged in a transaction or made an agreement subject to chapters 1-9 of this title;
- (28) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity;
- (29) "Present value" means the amount as of a date certain of one (1) or more sums payable in the future, discounted to the date certain by use of either an interest rate specified by the parties if that rate is not manifestly unreasonable at the time the transaction is entered into or, if an interest rate is not so specified, a commercially reasonable rate that takes into account the facts and circumstances at the time the transaction is entered into;
- (30) "Purchase" means taking by sale, lease, discount, negotiation, mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, issue or reissue, gift, or any other voluntary transaction creating an interest in property;
- (31) "Purchaser" means a person that takes by purchase;
- (32) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form;
- (33) "Remedy" means any remedial right to which an aggrieved party is entitled with or without resort to a tribunal;
- (34) "Representative" means a person empowered to act for another, including an agent, an officer of a corporation or association, and a trustee, executor, or administrator of an estate;
- (35) "Right" includes remedy;
- (36) "Security interest" means an interest in personal property or fixtures that secures payment or performance of an obligation. "Security interest" includes any interest of a consignor and a buyer of accounts, chattel paper, a payment intangible, or a promissory note in a transaction that is subject to chapter 9 of this title. "Security interest" does not include the special property interest of a buyer of goods on identification of those goods to a contract for sale under § 47-2-401, but a buyer may also acquire a "security interest" by complying with chapter 9 of this title. Except as otherwise provided in § 47-2-505, the right of a seller or lessor of goods under chapter 2 or 2A of this title to retain or acquire possession of the goods is not a "security interest", but a seller or lessor may also acquire a "security interest" by complying with chapter 9 of this title. The retention or reservation of title by a seller of goods notwithstanding shipment or delivery to the buyer under § 47-2-401 is limited in effect to a reservation of a "security interest". Whether a transaction in the form of a lease creates a "security interest" is determined pursuant to § 47-2-401;
- (37) "Send" in connection with a writing, record, or notice means:
- (A) To deposit in the mail or deliver for transmission by any other usual means of communication with postage or cost of transmission provided for and properly addressed and, in the case of an instrument, to an address specified thereon or otherwise agreed, or if there be none to any address reasonable under the circumstances; or
- (B) In any other way to cause to be received any record or notice within the time it would have arrived if properly sent;
- (38) "Signed" includes using any symbol executed or adopted with present intention to adopt or accept a writing;
- (39) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;
- (40) "Surety" includes a guarantor or other secondary obligor;
- (41) "Term" means a portion of an agreement that relates to a particular matter;
- (42) "Unauthorized signature" means a signature made without actual, implied, or apparent authority. The term includes a forgery;
- (43) "Warehouse receipt" means a document of title issued by a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire; and
- (44) "Writing" includes printing, typewriting, or any other intentional reduction to tangible form. "Written" has a corresponding meaning.
Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 694,s 2, eff. 4/11/2024.
Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 694,s 1, eff. 4/11/2024.
Acts 2008 , ch. 814, § 2; 2008 , ch. 930, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 114
cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1970–2026 · leading case: Starnes Fam. Off., LLC v. McCullar, 765 F. Supp. 2d 1036 (W.D. Tenn. 2011).
Starnes Fam. Off., LLC v. McCullar, 765 F. Supp. 2d 1036 (W.D. Tenn. 2011). “Even assuming that Starnes owed McCullar a fiduciary duty and that he or his representatives breached that duty, those facts would not show SFO acted dishonestly or in bad faith in its purchase of the Notes from Independent Bank, the “conduct or transaction concerned.”
Bank/First Citizens Bank v. Citizens & Assocs., 82 S.W.3d 259 (Tenn. 2002). “” See Tenn.Code Ann. § 47-1-201(19). Applying the general code definitions in this context, we agree with the lower court that the record supports a finding that First Citizens Bank took the instruments in good faith.”
Coble Sys., Inc. v. Coors of the Cumberland, Inc. (In Re Coors of the Cumberland, Inc.), 19 B.R. 313 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1982). “The determination of whether the financing arrangements in this case are installment sales contracts or true leases is governed by § 47-1-201(37) of the Tennessee Code, which provides in pertinent part: “.”
Trinity Indus., Inc. v. McKinnon Bridge Co., 77 S.W.3d 159 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “App.1996). There are more cases interpreting what amounts to good faith under the Uniform Commercial Code’s definition as “honesty in fact in the conduct or transaction concerned.”
Consum. Lease Network, Inc. v. Puckett (In Re Puckett), 60 B.R. 223 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1986). “§ 47-1-201(37) (Michie 1979). 23 The difficulties of application of this definition are demonstrated in many Tennessee 24 and federal 25 decisions, and in opinions interpreting identical provisions of the laws of other states.”
Lawyers Title Ins. v. United Am. Bank of Memphis, 21 F. Supp. 2d 785 (W.D. Tenn. 1998). “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 47-1-201(20). Initially, UAB’s first argument— that it cannot be held liable because Cannon was not a fiduciary with respect to UAB— must fail based on the language of the statute.”
In re Rust-Oleum Restore Mktg., Sales Practices & Prods. Liab. Litig., 155 F. Supp. 3d 772 (N.D. Ill. 2016). “Laws § 6A-l-201(b)(10); Tenn. Code § 47-1-201(b)(10); Tex. Bus. & Com.”
Marlow v. Oakland Gin Co. (In Re Julien Co.), 128 B.R. 987 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 1991). “” § 47-1-201(14). "Possession" is not defined by the UCC but relevant case law defines it as the "right to control goods in the possession of another.”
Haverlah v. Memphis Aviation, Inc., 674 S.W.2d 297 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1984). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 47-1-201 General definition (26) provides in part: A person “notifies” or “gives” a notice or notification to another by taking such steps as may be reasonably required to inform the other in ordinary course whether or not such other actually comes to know of it.”
Notredan, LLC v. Old Repub. Exch. Facilitator Co., 875 F. Supp. 2d 780 (W.D. Tenn. 2012). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 47-1-203, Hist. & Stat. Notes.”
Jernigan v. Ham, 691 S.W.2d 553 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1984). “” Delivery concerns a voluntary transfer of possession, T.C.A. § 47-1-201(14), and purchase refers to a voluntary transaction creating an interest in property.”
Auto Credit of Nashville v. Wimmer, 231 S.W.3d 896 (Tenn. 2007). “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 47-1-201, cmt. 26 (2001) (emphasis added).”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(10) — 2 cases
Bd. of Directors v. Sw. Petroleum Corp., 757 S.W.2d 669 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1988).
Reed v. Washington Trailer Sales, Inc., 393 F. Supp. 886 (M.D. Tenn. 1974).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(12) — 1 case
Keep Fresh Filters, Inc. v. Reguli, 888 S.W.2d 437 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1994).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(14) — 4 cases
Jernigan v. Ham, 691 S.W.2d 553 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1984). “” Delivery concerns a voluntary transfer of possession, T.C.A. § 47-1-201(14), and purchase refers to a voluntary transaction creating an interest in property.”
Prod. Steel, Inc. v. Sumitomo Corp. of Am. (In Re Prod. Steel, Inc.), 54 B.R. 417 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1985).
Marlow v. Oakland Gin Co. (In Re Julien Co.), 128 B.R. 987 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 1991). “” § 47-1-201(14). "Possession" is not defined by the UCC but relevant case law defines it as the "right to control goods in the possession of another.”
Alsafi Oriental Rugs v. Am. Loan Co., 864 S.W.2d 41 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1993).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(15) — 5 cases
North Georgia Toyota v. Jahn (In Re Tom Woods Used Cars, Inc.), 24 B.R. 529 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1982).
Marlow v. Rollins Cotton Co. (In Re Julien Co.), 127 B.R. 604 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 1991).
Marlow v. Rollins Cotton Co. (In Re Julien Co.), 168 B.R. 647 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 1994).
Marlow v. Rollins Cotton Co. (In Re Julien Co.), 202 B.R. 89 (W.D. Tenn. 1996).
Coy Hardaway v. William Burnett (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(19) — 13 cases
Bank/First Citizens Bank v. Citizens & Assocs., 82 S.W.3d 259 (Tenn. 2002). “” See Tenn.Code Ann. § 47-1-201(19). Applying the general code definitions in this context, we agree with the lower court that the record supports a finding that First Citizens Bank took the instruments in good faith.”
Trinity Indus., Inc. v. McKinnon Bridge Co., 77 S.W.3d 159 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “App.1996). There are more cases interpreting what amounts to good faith under the Uniform Commercial Code’s definition as “honesty in fact in the conduct or transaction concerned.”
Notredan, LLC v. Old Repub. Exch. Facilitator Co., 875 F. Supp. 2d 780 (W.D. Tenn. 2012). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 47-1-203, Hist. & Stat. Notes.”
Huntington Nat'l Bank v. Hooker, 840 S.W.2d 916 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1991).
Glazer v. First Am. Nat'l Bank, 930 S.W.2d 546 (Tenn. 1996).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(20) — 6 cases
Lawyers Title Ins. v. United Am. Bank of Memphis, 21 F. Supp. 2d 785 (W.D. Tenn. 1998). “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 47-1-201(20). Initially, UAB’s first argument— that it cannot be held liable because Cannon was not a fiduciary with respect to UAB— must fail based on the language of the statute.”
Greene v. Ellis (In Re Ellis), 152 B.R. 211 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1993).
In re Frost, 1 B.R. 313 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1979).
Michael D. Pate & Jennifer M. Pate v. CMG Mortg., Inc., Mortg. Elec. Reg. Sys., Inc., et al. (E.D. Tenn. 2026).
United Am. Fin. Corp. v. Fin. Interstate Serv. Corp. (In re United Am. Fin. Corp.), 36 B.R. 331 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1984).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(21) — 1 case
Union Exp. Co. v. N.I.B. Intermarket, A.B., 786 S.W.2d 628 (Tenn. 1990).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(21)(A) — 1 case
Mostoller v. Saxon Mortg. Servs., Inc. (In re Hunter), 466 B.R. 439 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2012).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(23) — 4 cases
In Re the Julien Co., Debtor. Oakland Gin Co., Inc. v. Jack Marlow, Tr. for the Julien Co., 44 F.3d 426 (6th Cir. 1995).
Marlow v. Oakland Gin Co. (In Re Julien Co.), 128 B.R. 987 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 1991). “” § 47-1-201(14). "Possession" is not defined by the UCC but relevant case law defines it as the "right to control goods in the possession of another.”
Liles Bros. & Son v. Wright, 638 S.W.2d 383 (Tenn. 1982).
In Re Microwave Prods. of Am., Inc., 94 B.R. 967 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 1989).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(25) — 9 cases
McConnico v. Third Nat'l Bank in Nashville, 499 S.W.2d 874 (Tenn. 1973).
Jahn v. Quintrell (In Re Tom Woods Used Cars, Inc.), 21 B.R. 560 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1982).
Marlow v. Rollins Cotton Co. (In Re Julien Co.), 168 B.R. 647 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 1994).
Int'l Harvester Credit Corp. v. Ingram, 619 S.W.2d 134 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1981).
Third Nat. Bk., Nashville v. Hardi-Gardens Sup. of Ill., Inc., 380 F. Supp. 930 (M.D. Tenn. 1974).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(26) — 4 cases
Jackson Cnty. Bank v. Ford Motor Credit Co., 488 F. Supp. 1001 (M.D. Tenn. 1980).
Marlow v. Oakland Gin Co. (In Re Julien Co.), 128 B.R. 987 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 1991). “” § 47-1-201(14). "Possession" is not defined by the UCC but relevant case law defines it as the "right to control goods in the possession of another.”
Jones v. First Nat. Bank of Pulaski, 505 So. 2d 352 (Ala. 1987).
R & J of Tennessee, Inc. v. Blankenship-Melton Real Est., Inc., 166 S.W.3d 195 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(27) — 1 case
Marlow v. Rollins Cotton Co. (In re Julien Co.), 171 B.R. 307 (W.D. Tenn. 1992).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(29) — 1 case
Dominion Bank of Middle Tennessee v. Crane, 843 S.W.2d 14 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(3) — 1 case
Marlow v. Rollins Cotton Co. (In Re Julien Co.), 202 B.R. 89 (W.D. Tenn. 1996).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(30) — 1 case
Kinzalow v. Clayton Bank & Trust (In re Value Inv. Props., LLC), 481 B.R. 403 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2012).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(32) — 4 cases
Lawyers Title Ins. v. United Am. Bank of Memphis, 21 F. Supp. 2d 785 (W.D. Tenn. 1998). “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 47-1-201(20). Initially, UAB’s first argument— that it cannot be held liable because Cannon was not a fiduciary with respect to UAB— must fail based on the language of the statute.”
Jernigan v. Ham, 691 S.W.2d 553 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1984). “” Delivery concerns a voluntary transfer of possession, T.C.A. § 47-1-201(14), and purchase refers to a voluntary transaction creating an interest in property.”
Alsafi Oriental Rugs v. Am. Loan Co., 864 S.W.2d 41 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1993).
Ballard v. Wetzel (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(33) — 1 case
Alsafi Oriental Rugs v. Am. Loan Co., 864 S.W.2d 41 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1993).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(34) — 2 cases
Auton's Fine Jewelry & Bridal Ctr., Inc. v. Beckner's, Inc., 707 S.W.2d 539 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1986).
In Re Gregg, 371 B.R. 817 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2007).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(35) — 1 case
Jahn v. Cohutta Banking Co. (In Re U.S. Ins. Grp., LLC), 429 B.R. 903 (E.D. Tenn. 2010).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(37) — 15 cases
Coble Sys., Inc. v. Coors of the Cumberland, Inc. (In Re Coors of the Cumberland, Inc.), 19 B.R. 313 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1982). “The determination of whether the financing arrangements in this case are installment sales contracts or true leases is governed by § 47-1-201(37) of the Tennessee Code, which provides in pertinent part: “.”
Consum. Lease Network, Inc. v. Puckett (In Re Puckett), 60 B.R. 223 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1986). “§ 47-1-201(37) (Michie 1979). 23 The difficulties of application of this definition are demonstrated in many Tennessee 24 and federal 25 decisions, and in opinions interpreting identical provisions of the laws of other states.”
USBI Co. v. Otha C. Jean & Assocs., Inc. (In Re Otha C. Jean & Assocs., Inc.), 152 B.R. 219 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1993).
United States Fid. & Guar. Co. v. Thompson & Green Mach. Co., 568 S.W.2d 821 (Tenn. 1978).
In Re Osborne, 170 B.R. 367 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1994).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(37)(A) — 1 case
Marlow v. Rollins Cotton Co. (In Re Julien Co.), 202 B.R. 89 (W.D. Tenn. 1996).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(38) — 3 cases
Vending Chattanooga, Inc. v. Am. Nat'l Bank & Trust Co., 730 S.W.2d 624 (Tenn. 1987).
Yeiser v. Bank of Adamsville, 614 S.W.2d 338 (Tenn. 1981).
Kinzalow v. Clayton Bank & Trust (In re Value Inv. Props., LLC), 481 B.R. 403 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2012).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(40) — 1 case
Com. Union Bank v. Burger-In-A-Pouch, Inc., 657 S.W.2d 88 (Tenn. 1983).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(44) — 2 cases
Weaver v. Ford Motor Credit Co. (In re McFarland), 112 B.R. 906 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1990).
Hildebrand v. Resource Bancshares Mortg. Grp. (In Re Cohee), 178 B.R. 154 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1995).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(45) — 1 case
Marlow v. Rollins Cotton Co. (In Re Julien Co.), 202 B.R. 89 (W.D. Tenn. 1996).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(8) — 1 case
Deutscher v. Long (In Re S. Indus. Banking Corp.), 36 B.R. 1010 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1984).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(9) — 9 cases
Couch v. Cockroft, 490 S.W.2d 713 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1972).
Hamilton Bank of Morristown v. Bank of Com. (In Re Morristown Lincoln-Mercury, Inc.), 25 B.R. 377 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1982).
Gen. Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Third Nat'l Bank in Nashville, 812 S.W.2d 593 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1991).
Jahn v. Quintrell (In Re Tom Woods Used Cars, Inc.), 21 B.R. 560 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1982).
Greeneville Fed. Bank, FSB v. First Midwest Equip. Fin. Co. (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2025).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(b)(10) — 1 case
In re Rust-Oleum Restore Mktg., Sales Practices & Prods. Liab. Litig., 155 F. Supp. 3d 772 (N.D. Ill. 2016). “Laws § 6A-l-201(b)(10); Tenn. Code § 47-1-201(b)(10); Tex. Bus. & Com.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(b)(20) — 2 cases
Starnes Fam. Off., LLC v. McCullar, 765 F. Supp. 2d 1036 (W.D. Tenn. 2011). “Even assuming that Starnes owed McCullar a fiduciary duty and that he or his representatives breached that duty, those facts would not show SFO acted dishonestly or in bad faith in its purchase of the Notes from Independent Bank, the “conduct or transaction concerned.”
Harpeth Fin. Servs., LLC v. Jim Clay Pinson, Jr. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2021).
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-1-201(b)(29) — 1 case
Ladon Relliford v. Jerry Burks (Tenn. Ct. App. 2025).
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