Chapter Definitions

  1. Law
  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Animals and Animal Husbandry
  4. Liability of Bovine Owners
  5. Chapter Definitions

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

  1. “Bovine activity” means any activity involving one (1) or more bovine, including, but not limited to:
    1. Grazing, herding, feeding, branding, milking or any other activity that involves the care or maintenance of bovine;
    2. Bovine shows, fairs, competitions or auctions;
    3. Bovine training or teaching activities;
    4. Boarding bovine; or
    5. Riding, inspecting, or evaluating bovine;
  2. “Bovine owner” means any person with ownership rights to bovine;
  3. “Inherent risks of bovine activities” means dangers or conditions that are an integral part of bovine activities, including, but not limited to:
    1. The propensity of a bovine to behave in ways that may result in injury, loss, damage or death to persons on or around the bovine;
    2. The unpredictability of a bovine's reaction to sounds, sudden movements, and unfamiliar objects, persons, or other animals;
    3. Certain hazards on the property, such as surface and subsurface conditions; or
    4. Collisions with other bovine or objects; and
  4. “Person” means an individual, corporation or any other legal entity.


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