Section 1 - General Provisions1.01. Definitions. (a) "Appellate Court" or "Court" means the Tennessee Supreme Court, Tennessee Court of Appeals, or Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.(b) "Certificate of Compliance" means a signed certification by the e-filer that is attached to the filed brief and certifies that the brief complies with the requirements set forth in Section 3.02 (a)(1) of this Rule. The Certificate must state the number of words contained in the brief.(c) "Clerk" means the clerk of the appellate courts.(d) "E-filing fee" is a fee charged in connection with electronic filing that is in addition to statutory filing fees.(e) "Document" means a motion, application, request, exhibit, brief, memorandum of law, or other instrument in paper form or electronic form which is permitted to be filed pursuant to the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure, the Rules of the Tennessee Supreme Court, the Rules of the Court of Appeals, or the Rules of the Court of Criminal Appeals.(f) "E-file" or "e-filing" means the electronic transmission of documents in cases pending in the appellate courts, using the dedicated e-filing system maintained by the clerk.(g) "E-filer" means a registered user who submits a document for e-filing through the e-filing system.(h) "E-filing system" means a web-based system maintained by the clerk for the purpose of providing a means for e-filers to transmit documents to the clerk for filing.(i) "Electronic signature" means a signature line beginning with an "s/" followed by the typewritten name of the signatory.(j) "E-service" means the electronic transmission of e-filed documents to a party or a party's attorney through the e-filing system.(k) "Portable Document Format" or "PDF" means the computer file format developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated for representing documents in a manner that is independent of the original application software, hardware, and operating system used to create those documents.(l) "Registered user" means any person listed in section 2.01 of this Rule who has properly registered with the clerk to e-file documents in the appellate courts.(m) "Terms-of-use agreement" means that agreement established by the clerk that sets forth the parameters for use of the e-filing system by all registered users.(n) "Transaction receipt" means an e-mail confirmation that is transmitted to an e-filer after an e-filer has submitted a document to the clerk to be filed through the e-filing system. The transaction receipt displays the date and time the document was submitted by the e-filer. The transaction receipt may serve as the e-filer's proof of filing.(o) "User guide" means the court's written guide for using the e-filing system, which shall be posted as a PDF document on the appellate courts' website (https://www.tncourts.gov/). All e-filers should periodically check the appellate courts' website for updates to the user guide.1.02. Application of the Rule. This rule applies to all cases filed in the appellate courts. Except as provided in this rule, any document may be e-filed that otherwise would be filed in the appellate court as a paper document in accordance with the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure, the Rules of the Tennessee Supreme Court, the Rules of the Court of Appeals, or the Rules of the Court of Criminal Appeals. Such e-filings shall constitute the official filing of such documents for purposes of the foregoing rules. The appellate court may, on motion for good cause shown or on the court's own initiative, waive any provision of this rule.