Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapters 475-479 > Act 254 of 1933 > Article II - Motor Carriers of General Commodities

• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• 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.
• annual meeting: when applied to townships, mean the annual meeting required by law to be held on the Saturday immediately preceding the first Monday in April. See Michigan Laws 8.3d
• Beans: means Michigan dry, edible beans, except soybeans. See Michigan Laws 290.551
• Broker: means that term as defined in 49 USC 13102. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• Certificate of authority: means a certificate issued under this act to a motor carrier authorizing a transportation service. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• Commission: means the Michigan bean commission. See Michigan Laws 290.551
• Commission: means the Michigan public service commission. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• 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.
• Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
• Director: means the director of the department of agriculture and rural development. See Michigan Laws 290.551
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Emergency: means that term as defined in 49 C. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• 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.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• 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.
• Grower: means any business unit, including a family operation, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, company, association, trust, or other business organization engaged in the business of producing beans for sale within 1 of the past 3 years. See Michigan Laws 290.551
• Household goods: means personal effects and property used or to be used in a dwelling when a part of the equipment or supply of that dwelling. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• 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
• 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}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Motor carrier: means a motor carrier of general commodities or a motor carrier of household goods. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• Motor carrier of general commodities: means a person that is an authorized for-hire motor carrier, either directly or through any device or arrangement, of property other than household goods upon or over a public highway. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• Motor vehicle: means an automobile, truck, trailer, semitrailer, truck tractor, road tractor, or a self-propelled or motor or mechanically driven vehicle, or a vehicle attached to, connected with, or drawn by a self-propelled or motor or mechanically driven vehicle, used upon a public highway of this state. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• Person: means an individual, partnership, association, or corporation, and their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by a court. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
• Processor: means a person that cleans and grades, dries, dehydrates, cans, powders, extracts, cooks, or uses in producing or manufacturing a product or article, ships, or otherwise handles beans, including seed. See Michigan Laws 290.551
• public: means the part or portion of the general public that a motor carrier is ready, able, willing, and equipped to serve. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• Public highway: means a public highway, road, street, avenue, alley, or thoroughfare of any kind, or a bridge, tunnel, or subway used by the public. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• seal: shall be construed to include any of the following: