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- Actor: means a person accused of criminal sexual conduct. See Michigan Laws 750.520a
- 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.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Developmental disability: means an impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior that meets all of the following criteria:
(i) It originated before the person became 18 years of age. See Michigan Laws 750.520aElectronic monitoring: means that term as defined in section 85 of the corrections code of 1953, 1953 PA 232, MCL 791. See Michigan Laws 750.520a 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. felony: when used in this act, shall be construed to mean an offense for which the offender, on conviction may be punished by death, or by imprisonment in state prison. See Michigan Laws 750.7 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 Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies. Intellectual disability: means that term as defined in section 100b of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330. See Michigan Laws 750.520a Intermediate school district: means a corporate body established under part 7 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 750.520a Intimate parts: includes the primary genital area, groin, inner thigh, buttock, or breast of a human being. See Michigan Laws 750.520a 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. Mental illness: means a substantial disorder of thought or mood that significantly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to cope with the ordinary demands of life. See Michigan Laws 750.520a Mentally disabled: means that a person has a mental illness, is intellectually disabled, or has a developmental disability. See Michigan Laws 750.520a Mentally incapable: means that a person suffers from a mental disease or defect that renders that person temporarily or permanently incapable of appraising the nature of his or her conduct. See Michigan Laws 750.520a Mentally incapacitated: means that a person is rendered temporarily incapable of appraising or controlling the person's conduct due to the influence of a narcotic, anesthetic, alcohol, or other substance, or due to any act committed upon that person without the person's consent. See Michigan Laws 750.520a Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan. Nonpublic school: means a private, denominational, or parochial elementary or secondary school. See Michigan Laws 750.520a Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period. person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l Personal injury: means bodily injury, disfigurement, mental anguish, chronic pain, pregnancy, disease, or loss or impairment of a sexual or reproductive organ. See Michigan Laws 750.520a Personal property: All property that is not real property. Physically helpless: means that a person is unconscious, asleep, or for any other reason is physically unable to communicate unwillingness to an act. See Michigan Laws 750.520a Public school: means a public elementary or secondary educational entity or agency that is established under the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 750.520a School district: means a general powers school district organized under the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 750.520a seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:
(a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3nSexual contact: includes the intentional touching of the victim's or actor's intimate parts or the intentional touching of the clothing covering the immediate area of the victim's or actor's intimate parts, if that intentional touching can reasonably be construed as being for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification, done for a sexual purpose, or in a sexual manner for:
(i) Revenge. See Michigan Laws 750.520aSexual penetration: means sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anal intercourse, or any other intrusion, however slight, of any part of a person's body or of any object into the genital or anal openings of another person's body, but emission of semen is not required. See Michigan Laws 750.520a 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 Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence. United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o Victim: means the person alleging to have been subjected to criminal sexual conduct. See Michigan Laws 750.520a