40-14-201 - Part definitions.
40-14-201. Part definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Indigent person means any person who does not possess sufficient means to pay reasonable compensation for the services of a competent attorney; and
(2) Public defender means any attorney appointed or elected under the provisions of any act of the general assembly or any provision of a metropolitan charter to represent indigent persons accused of crime.
[Acts 1965, ch. 217, § 1; T.C.A., § 40-2014.]