Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 450 > Act 162 of 1982 > Chapter 1

• AASSPs: means anhydrous ammonia safety and security practices established by the commission under section 5. See Michigan Laws 286.773
• Advertising: means all representations other than those on the label, disseminated in any manner or by any means, and relating to seed within the scope of this act. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Agricultural seed: means the seed of grass, forage, cereal, fiber, oil plants, and any other seed commonly recognized within this state as agricultural or field seed, lawn seed, or mixtures of those seeds. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• 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.
• Anhydrous ammonia: means an inorganic compound that consists of 1 nitrogen atom and 3 hydrogen atoms and has a chemical formula of NH3. See Michigan Laws 286.773
• 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.
• Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
• Bees: means any life stage of the common honey bee, Apis mellifera L. See Michigan Laws 286.801
• Blend: means seed consisting of more than 1 variety of a kind, each in excess of 5% of the whole. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• Brand: means a word, name, symbol, number, or design used to identify seed of 1 person to distinguish it from the seed of another person. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• Commission: means the commission of agriculture. See Michigan Laws 286.773
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Conditioning: means drying, cleaning, scarifying, and other operations that change the purity or germination of the seed and require the seed lot to be retested to determine the label information. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• Controlling the pollination: means a method of hybridization that will produce pure seed that is at least 75% hybrid seed. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• 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.
• Crop seed: means the seed of plants grown as crops, other than the kind or variety included in the pure seed, as determined by methods defined by rule promulgated under this act. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• Director: means the director of the department of agriculture. See Michigan Laws 286.801
• Director: means director of the department of agriculture and rural development or his or her authorized representative. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• Dormant seed: means viable seed, excluding hard seed that fail to germinate when provided with the specified germination conditions for the kind of seed in question. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• End user: means the person actually using anhydrous ammonia for a legal purpose. See Michigan Laws 286.773
• 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.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Flower seed: means the seed of those plants usually grown for their blooms, ornamental foliage, or other ornamental parts and commonly are known and sold under the name of flower seed in this state. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• Forest tree seed: means the seeds of those forest trees that are usually grown in nurseries and forests in this state, and that are listed in the rules promulgated under this act. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• Hybrid: means , as applied to kinds or varieties of seed, the first generation seed of a cross, produced by controlling the pollination and by combining 2 or more inbred lines, or 1 inbred line or a single cross with an open pollinated variety, or 2 selected clones, seed lines, varieties, or species, except open pollinated varieties of corn such as zea mays. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• 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
• Inert matter: means broken seed 1/2 or less the original size, seeds of legumes or crucifers with seed coats removed, undeveloped or badly injured weed seed, the empty glumes or attached sterile glumes of grasses, stems, leaves, stones, chaff, soil, insects, fungal bodies, material added in coating or pelleting, and all other matter other than pure seed, weed, or crop seed, as determined by methods defined by rule promulgated under this act. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• 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.
• Kind: means 1 or more related species or subspecies that singly or collectively is known by 1 common name, including, but not limited to, oats, wheat, soybeans, and corn. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• Label: includes all labels, and other written, printed, or graphic representation in any form, accompanying or pertaining to any seed in bulk or in containers and includes representation on invoices, bills, and letterheads. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lot: means a definite quantity of seed identified by a number or other mark, every portion of which is uniform within recognized tolerances for the factors that appear in the labeling. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• Mixture: means seed consisting of more than 1 kind, each in excess of 5% of the whole. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means any individual, partnership, company, corporation, society, cooperative, union, or association. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
• 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.
• Pure seed: means seed exclusive of inert matter and all other seeds not of the seed being considered, as determined by methods defined by rule promulgated under this act. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• Records: means all label information and the source of this information required by this act for the seed being considered, and all information relating to the shipment or shipments involved with seed, such as invoices, vouchers, freight bills, and other records. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• Representative sample: means a sample taken from a seed lot that is of sufficient size to supply an adequate amount of seed for laboratory testing and that is secured and submitted according to the guidelines approved by the director. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• Restricted noxious weed seed: means the seeds of the plants that are objectionable in the fields, lawns, and gardens of this state but can be controlled by ordinary good cultural practices, and that are listed in the rules promulgated under this act. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• Rule: means a rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24. See Michigan Laws 286.702
• seal: shall be construed to include any of the following: