Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 287 > Act 426 of 1988 - Dangerous Animals

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Dangerous animal: means a dog or other animal that bites or attacks a person, or a dog that bites or attacks and causes serious injury or death to another dog while the other dog is on the property or under the control of its owner. See Michigan Laws 287.321
• Livestock: means animals used for human food and fiber or animals used for service to human beings. See Michigan Laws 287.321
• Owner: means a person who owns or harbors a dog or other animal. See Michigan Laws 287.321
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
• Serious injury: means permanent, serious disfigurement, serious impairment of health, or serious impairment of a bodily function of a person. See Michigan Laws 287.321
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.