Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 408 > Act 72 of 1937 - Division On Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing Act

• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Council: means the advisory council on deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing established in section 5. See Michigan Laws 408.202
• County plat board: means the register of deeds, who shall act as chairperson, the county clerk, who shall act as secretary, and the county treasurer. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Department: means the department of civil rights. See Michigan Laws 408.202
• Division: means the division on deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing established in section 3. See Michigan Laws 408.202
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. ^{Source: OCC}
• Governing body: means the legislative body of a city or village or the township board of a township. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Hard of hearing person: means a person who has hearing loss that ranges from mild to profound. See Michigan Laws 408.202
• in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
• Land: means all land areas occupied by real property. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Lot: means a measured portion of a parcel or tract of land, which is described and fixed in a recorded plat. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Municipality: means a township, city, or village. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Parcel: means a continuous area or acreage of land which can be described as provided for in this act. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• 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.
• Plat: means a map or chart of a subdivision of land. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Public utility: means all persons, firms, corporations, copartnerships, or municipal or other public authority providing gas, electricity, water, steam, telephone, sewer, or other services of a similar nature. See Michigan Laws 560.102
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• seal: shall be construed to include any of the following: