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Tenn. Code Ann. § 12-1-202: Part definitions

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Government action" does not include: (A) The formal exercise of the power of eminent domain; (B) The forfeiture or seizure of private property by law enforcement agencies as evidence of a crime or for violations of law; (C) Orders issued by a state agency or court of law that result from a violation of law and that are authorized by statute; or (D) The discontinuation of government programs; (2) "Private property" means real property, or improvements to real property, not owned by the federal government or a state agency; and (3) "Unconstitutional taking" or "taking" means the taking of private property by government action such that compensation to the owner of that property is required by either: (A) The fifth or fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States; or (B) The Constitution of Tennessee, Art. 1, § 21. Acts 1994, ch. 924, § 3.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Government action" does not include: (A) The formal exercise of the power of eminent domain; (B) The forfeiture or seizure of private property by law enforcement agencies as evidence of a crime or for violations of law; (C) Orders issued by a state agency or court of law that result from a violation of law and that are authorized by statute; or (D) The discontinuation of government programs;
(A) The formal exercise of the power of eminent domain;
(B) The forfeiture or seizure of private property by law enforcement agencies as evidence of a crime or for violations of law;
(C) Orders issued by a state agency or court of law that result from a violation of law and that are authorized by statute; or
(D) The discontinuation of government programs;
(2) "Private property" means real property, or improvements to real property, not owned by the federal government or a state agency; and
(3) "Unconstitutional taking" or "taking" means the taking of private property by government action such that compensation to the owner of that property is required by either: (A) The fifth or fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States; or (B) The Constitution of Tennessee, Art. 1, § 21.
(A) The fifth or fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States; or
(B) The Constitution of Tennessee, Art. 1, § 21.

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TN Code
Title 12
Chapter 1

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Government action" does not include: (A) The formal exercise of the power of eminent domain; (B) The forfeiture or seizure of private property by law enforcement agencies as evidence of a crime or for violations of law; (C) Orders issued by a state agency or court of law that result from a violation of law and that are authorized by statute; or (D) The discontinuation of government programs;

(A) The formal exercise of the power of eminent domain;

(B) The forfeiture or seizure of private property by law enforcement agencies as evidence of a crime or for violations of law;

(C) Orders issued by a state agency or court of law that result from a violation of law and that are authorized by statute; or

(D) The discontinuation of government programs;

(2) "Private property" means real property, or improvements to real property, not owned by the federal government or a state agency; and

(3) "Unconstitutional taking" or "taking" means the taking of private property by government action such that compensation to the owner of that property is required by either: (A) The fifth or fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States; or (B) The Constitution of Tennessee, Art. 1, § 21.

(A) The fifth or fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States; or

(B) The Constitution of Tennessee, Art. 1, § 21.

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