69-6-102 - Chapter definitions.
69-6-102. Chapter definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Board means the board of directors of a watershed district;
(2) District means a watershed district for which organization is proposed or which has been granted under the provisions of this chapter;
(3) Land means real property as defined by the laws of this state and includes, but is not limited to, easements, water rights, or any other interest in real property;
(4) Landowner means any person owning any interest in land located in a district, including tenants in common, tenants by the entireties, joint tenants, life tenants, owners of dower or curtesy rights, vested beneficiaries of the remainder interests, and the holders of leasehold interests of more than three (3) years' duration. Where more than one (1) person owns any such interest in a particular tract of land, each shall be deemed a landowner for the purpose of this chapter;
(5) Person means any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation;
(6) Publication means the publication in a newspaper or newspapers admitted to the United States mail as second-class matter, of general circulation within the watershed district; and
(7) Voter means any landowner of the district who is more than eighteen (18) years of age and who is sui juris.
[Acts 1955, ch. 112, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 162, § 3; T.C.A., § 70-1802; T.C.A. § 69-7-102.]