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- Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Automobile insurance: means that term as defined in section 2102. See Michigan Laws 500.3101
- Career and technical preparation program: means a program that teaches a trade, occupation, or vocation and that is operated by an eligible postsecondary educational institution located in this state. See Michigan Laws 388.1903
- Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
- Commercial quadricycle: means a vehicle to which all of the following apply:
(i) The vehicle has fully operative pedals for propulsion entirely by human power. See Michigan Laws 500.3101Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102 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. Community college: means a community college established under the community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389. See Michigan Laws 388.1903 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime. Department: means the department of insurance and financial services. See Michigan Laws 500.102 Department: means the department of education. See Michigan Laws 388.1903 Director: means , unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 500.102 Electric bicycle: means that term as defined in section 13e of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 500.3101 Eligible charges: means tuition and mandatory course fees, material fees, and registration fees required by a career and technical preparation program for enrollment in an eligible course. See Michigan Laws 388.1903 Eligible course: means a course offered by a career and technical preparation program that is offered for postsecondary credit or is part of a noncredit occupational training program leading to an industry-recognized credential; that is not offered through the school district, intermediate school district, area vocational-technical education program, or state approved nonpublic school in which the eligible student is enrolled, or that is offered through the school district, intermediate school district, area vocational-technical education program, or state approved nonpublic school but is determined by its governing board to not be available to the eligible student because of a scheduling conflict beyond the eligible student's control; that is a career and technical preparation course not ordinarily taken as an activity course; that is a course that the career and technical preparation program normally applies toward satisfaction of certificate, degree, or program completion requirements; that is offered in whole or in part when the school district or state approved nonpublic school is in session or, if approved by the school district or state approved nonpublic school, that is offered in whole when the school district or state approved nonpublic school is not in session; and that is not a hobby, craft, or recreational course. See Michigan Laws 388.1903 Eligible postsecondary educational institution: means a state university, community college, or independent nonprofit degree-granting college or university that is located in this state and that chooses to comply with this act. See Michigan Laws 388.1903 Eligible student: means a student enrolled in a high school in a school district or state approved nonpublic school in this state, except a foreign exchange pupil enrolled under a cultural exchange program or a student who does not have at least 1 parent or legal guardian who is a resident of this state. See Michigan Laws 388.1903 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. Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another. 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 Golf cart: means a vehicle designed for transportation while playing the game of golf. See Michigan Laws 500.3101 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. Highway: means highway or street as that term is defined in section 20 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 500.3101 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 Insurer: means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal exchange, inter-insurer, Lloyds organization, fraternal benefit society, or other legal entity, engaged or attempting to engage in the business of making insurance or surety contracts. See Michigan Laws 500.106 insurer: as used in this chapter , includes a person that files the security as provided in this section. See Michigan Laws 500.3101 Intermediate school district: means that term as defined in section 4 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 388.1903 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. Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC Michigan merit examination: means that examination developed under section 1279g of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 388.1903 Moped: means that term as defined in section 32b of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 500.3101 Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan. Motor vehicle: means a vehicle, including a trailer, that is operated or designed for operation on a public highway by power other than muscular power and has more than 2 wheels. See Michigan Laws 500.3101 Motorcycle: means a vehicle that has a saddle or seat for the use of the rider, is designed to travel on not more than 3 wheels in contact with the ground, and is equipped with a motor that exceeds 50 cubic centimeters piston displacement. See Michigan Laws 500.3101 ORV: means a motor-driven recreation vehicle designed for off-road use and capable of cross-country travel without benefit of road or trail, on or immediately over land, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain. See Michigan Laws 500.3101 Owner: means any of the following:
(i) A person renting a motor vehicle or having the use of a motor vehicle, under a lease or otherwise, for a period that is greater than 30 days. See Michigan Laws 500.3101person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l Personal property: All property that is not real property. Power-driven mobility device: means a wheelchair or other mobility device powered by a battery, fuel, or other engine and designed to be used by an individual with a mobility disability for the purpose of locomotion. See Michigan Laws 500.3101 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. Qualifying score: means a score on a readiness assessment or on a nationally or industry-recognized job skills assessment test that has been determined by the superintendent of public instruction to indicate readiness to enroll in a course under this act. See Michigan Laws 388.1903 Rate: means the cost of insurance per payroll before adjustment for an individual insured's size, exposure, or loss experience. See Michigan Laws 500.2402 Readiness assessment: means assessment instruments that are aligned with state learning standards; that are used nationally to provide high school students with an early indication of college readiness proficiency in English, mathematics, reading, social studies, and science and may contain a comprehensive career planning program; and that are approved by the superintendent of public instruction for the purposes of this act. See Michigan Laws 388.1903 Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land. 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. School district: means that term as defined in section 6 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 388.1903 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 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 State approved nonpublic school: means that term as defined in section 6 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 388.1903 State university: means a state institution of higher education described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963. See Michigan Laws 388.1903 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition. Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.