(i) Intrauterine, intracervical, or vaginal insemination. See Michigan Laws 722.1703

Child: means an individual born as a result of assisted reproduction or under a surrogacy agreement, whose parentage may be determined under this act. See Michigan Laws 722.1703

Closing: means the permanent shutting down of operations at any establishment at which at least 25 persons are employed. See Michigan Laws 450.732

Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.

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 department of labor. See Michigan Laws 450.732

Employee-owned corporation: means a business operation that is controlled by, and designed to maintain control by, its employees, and in which control is distributed among its employees according to a democratic formula, if the business operation is 1 of the following:

    (i) A business operation the management rights of which are represented by voting stock that may be owned only by: employees of the operation, a nonprofit community development corporation, or an employee-owned stock ownership plan in which not less than 50% of the employees participate in each portion of the plan. See Michigan Laws 450.732

Establishment: includes a factory, plant, office, or other facility, but does not include a construction site or other work place that was intended to be a temporary work place. See Michigan Laws 450.732

Genetic surrogate: means an individual, not an intended parent, who agrees to become pregnant through assisted reproduction using the individual's own gametes. See Michigan Laws 722.1703

Gestational surrogate: means an individual, not an intended parent, who agrees to become pregnant through assisted reproduction using gametes that are not the individual's own. See Michigan Laws 722.1703

industrial cooperative: means an establishment in which the owners or members all work in the establishment and are the only persons who work in the establishment. See Michigan Laws 450.732

Intended parent: means an individual, married or unmarried, who manifests an intent to be legally bound as a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction or by assisted reproduction under a surrogacy agreement. See Michigan Laws 722.1703

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 health professional: means that term as defined in section 100b of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330. See Michigan Laws 722.1703

person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l

Physician: means an individual licensed under part 170 or 175 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 722.1703

Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.

Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.

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 of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.

Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.

Surrogacy agreement: means an agreement between 1 or more intended parents and a surrogate in which the surrogate agrees to become pregnant by assisted reproduction and that provides that each intended parent is a parent of a child conceived under the agreement. See Michigan Laws 722.1703

Surrogate: means an individual who is not an intended parent and who agrees to become pregnant through assisted reproduction under a surrogacy agreement. See Michigan Laws 722.1703

Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.