Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 2 > S.C.R. 15 of 1945 - Ohio and Michigan Boundary Line

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Authority: means the Michigan municipal bond authority created in section 4 of the shared credit rating act, 1985 PA 227, MCL 141. See Michigan Laws 324.5201
• Clerk: means the clerk of a township elected under chapter XVI of Act No. See Michigan Laws 41.1b
• 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.
• Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
• Department: means the department of environmental quality. See Michigan Laws 324.5201
• Fund: means the strategic water quality initiatives fund created in section 5204. See Michigan Laws 324.5201
• Grant: means a grant from the grant program. See Michigan Laws 324.5201
• 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
• 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.
• Loan: means a loan from the loan program. See Michigan Laws 324.5201
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Municipality: means that term as it is defined in section 5301. See Michigan Laws 324.5201
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• oath: shall be construed to include the word "affirmation" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath; and in like cases the word "sworn" shall be construed to include the word "affirmed". See Michigan Laws 8.3k
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• 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
• Supervisor: means the supervisor of a township elected under chapter XVI of the Michigan election law, Act No. See Michigan Laws 41.1b
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Township board: means the township board of a township constituted as provided in section 70. See Michigan Laws 41.1b
• Treasurer: means the treasurer of a township elected under chapter XVI of Act No. See Michigan Laws 41.1b
• United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
• Wetland mitigation bank: means a site where wetlands are restored, created, or preserved for the purpose of doing both of the following: