Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 308 > Act 179 of 1935 - Commercial Fishing in Lake Huron

• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Cable service: means 1-way transmission to subscribers of video programming or other programming services and subscriber interaction for the selection of video programming or other programming services. See Michigan Laws 484.2102
• Commission: means the Michigan public service commission. See Michigan Laws 484.2102
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal 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.
• Corporation: means a corporation organized pursuant to this act. See Michigan Laws 125.1603
• drain: whenever used in this act , shall include the main stream or trunk and all tributaries or branches of any creek or river, any watercourse or ditch, either open or closed, any covered drain, any sanitary or any combined sanitary and storm sewer or storm sewer or conduit composed of tile, brick, concrete, or other material, any structures or mechanical devices, that will properly purify the flow of such drains, any pumping equipment necessary to assist or relieve the flow of such drains and any levee, dike, barrier, or a combination of any or all of same constructed, or proposed to be constructed, for the purpose of drainage or for the purification of the flow of such drains, but shall not include any dam and flowage rights used in connection therewith which is used for the generation of power by a public utility subject to regulation by the public service commission. See Michigan Laws 280.3
• Educational institution: means a public educational institution or a private non-profit educational institution approved by the department of education to provide a program of primary, secondary, or higher education, a public library, or a nonprofit association or consortium whose primary purpose is education. See Michigan Laws 484.2102
• 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.
• Municipality: means a county, city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 125.1603
• person: as used in this act , shall be construed to include 1 or more persons, firms, partnerships or associations. See Michigan Laws 308.142
• provider: means a person that for compensation provides 1 or more telecommunication services. See Michigan Laws 484.2102
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.