Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 125 > Act 167 of 1917 > Article I - General Provisions

• Authority: means the Michigan veterans' facility authority created under section 3. See Michigan Laws 36.102
• board: means the board of directors of the authority. See Michigan Laws 36.102
• Care: includes treatment, control, transportation, confinement, and isolation in a facility or other location. See Michigan Laws 333.5101
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• corner lot: is a lot of which at least 2 adjacent sides abut for their full length upon a street. See Michigan Laws 125.402
• 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.
• court: is a n open unoccupied space on the same lot with a dwelling and bounded on 2 or more sides with the walls of the dwelling. See Michigan Laws 125.402
• Covered entity: means a state department, agency, or entity. See Michigan Laws 37.21
• Department: means the department of military and veterans affairs. See Michigan Laws 36.102
• dwelling: is a ny house, building, structure, tent, shelter, trailer or vehicle, or portion thereof, (except railroad cars, on tracks or rights-of-way) which is occupied in whole or in part as the home, residence, living or sleeping place of 1 or more human beings, either permanently or transiently. See Michigan Laws 125.402
• 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.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• hotel: is a multiple-dwelling of class b in which persons are lodged for hire and in which there are more than 50 sleeping rooms, a public dining room for the accommodation of at least 50 guests, and a general kitchen. See Michigan Laws 125.402
• 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
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
• Meaningful language access: means the ability to receive information and to participate in and benefit from public services offered by a covered entity. See Michigan Laws 37.21
• Michigan veteran homes: means the administrative entity that centrally manages and operates veterans' facilities in this state. See Michigan Laws 36.102
• multiple dwelling: is a dwelling occupied otherwise than as a private dwelling or 2 family dwelling. See Michigan Laws 125.402
• person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Michigan Laws 125.402
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
• private dwelling: is a dwelling occupied by but 1 family, and so designed and arranged as to provide cooking and kitchen accommodations for 1 family only. See Michigan Laws 125.402
• Probate: Proving a will
• public hall: is a hall, corridor or passageway not within the exclusive control of 1 family. See Michigan Laws 125.402
• rear yard: is a n unoccupied space on the same lot with a dwelling, between the extreme rear line of the dwelling and the rear lot line and extending from 1 side lot line to the other side lot line. See Michigan Laws 125.402
• 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.
• shall: is a lways mandatory and not directory, and denotes that the dwelling shall be maintained in all respects according to the mandate as long as it continues to be a dwelling. See Michigan Laws 125.402
• shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c
• side yard: is a n unoccupied space on the same lot with a dwelling between the side lot line and the nearest side line of the dwelling and extending from the extreme rear line of the dwelling to the front lot line. See Michigan Laws 125.402
• 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
• Veteran: means an individual who meets both of the following: