Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 320 > Act 676 of 2002 - Right to Forest Act

• Commission: means the commission of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 320.2033
• 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.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the department of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 320.2033
• Forest: means a tract of land that is at least 10% stocked by trees of any size, whether of commercial or noncommercial species, or formerly having tree cover and not currently developed for nonforest use, including woodlands, woodlots, windbreaks, and shelter belts. See Michigan Laws 320.2033
• Forestry operations: means activities related to the harvesting, reforestation, and other management activities, including, but not limited to, thinning, pest control, fertilization, and wildlife management, that are consistent with principles of sustainable forestry. See Michigan Laws 320.2033
• Generally accepted forestry management practices: means those forest management practices as prescribed by the commission. See Michigan Laws 320.2033
• Landowner: means the possessor of a fee interest in land or a tenant, lessee, occupant, or other person in lawful control of land. See Michigan Laws 320.2033
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
• Sustainable forestry: means forestry practices that are designed to meet present and future wood product needs by employing a land stewardship ethic that integrates the reforestation, managing, growing, nurturing, and harvesting of trees for useful products with the conservation of soil, air and water quality, wildlife and fish habitat, and visual changes. See Michigan Laws 320.2033
• Timber: means live or dead trees, including, but not limited to, bark, foliage, wood, and firewood. See Michigan Laws 320.2033
• United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o