Michigan Laws > Chapters 760-777 > Act 175 of 1927 > Chapter XVII


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Part 2	Included Felonies
Part 3	Scoring Instructions for Sentencing Guidelines
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapters 760-777 > Act 175 of 1927 > Chapter XVII - Sentencing Guidelines

Access information: means user name, password, login information, or other security information that protects access to a personal internet account. See Michigan Laws 37.272
Acquire: means acquisition by purchase, construction, or any other method. See Michigan Laws 123.731
Acquittal:
1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
2. A verdict of "not guilty."
Active service: means that term as defined in section 105 of the Michigan military act, 1967 PA 150, MCL 32. See Michigan Laws 32.432
Adjacent neighborhood: means a residential area as determined by the authority immediately adjoining or near a downtown area within the same municipality. See Michigan Laws 125.1458
Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
Adjusted household income: means that term as defined in rules of the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.1458
Adjutant general: means the adjutant general of this state. See Michigan Laws 32.432
Adjutant general: means the adjutant general of this state. See Michigan Laws 35.922
Adjutant general: means the adjutant general of this state. See Michigan Laws 35.972
Adjutant general: means the adjutant general of this state. See Michigan Laws 35.1022
administrator: means the administrator of veterans affairs, or his successor. See Michigan Laws 35.71
Advanced illness: except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, means a medical or surgical condition with significant functional impairment that is not reversible by curative therapies and that is anticipated to progress toward death despite attempts at curative therapies or modulation, the time course of which may or may not be determinable through reasonable medical prognostication. See Michigan Laws 333.5653
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.
Advisory task force: means the task force created in section 5906. See Michigan Laws 333.5901
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.
Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
Agent orange: means the chemical herbicide made from chemicals known as 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and its esters, or 2,4-D, and Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid and its esters, or 2,4,5-T. See Michigan Laws 333.5701
AIDS: means acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. See Michigan Laws 333.5901
Aircraft: means that term as defined in section 2 of the aeronautics code of the state of Michigan, 1945 PA 327, MCL 259. See Michigan Laws 777.1
Allegation: something that someone says happened.
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.
Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
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
Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
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.
Applicable contract: means a contract for goods or services proposed or entered into by a qualified city or school district that either exceeds $750,000. See Michigan Laws 141.1633
Appointing power: means each person or group of persons who, acting singly or in conjunction, as a mayor, city manager, council, common council, commission, or otherwise, is or are vested by law with power and authority to select, appoint, or employ any person to hold any office, place, position, or employment subject to civil service. See Michigan Laws 38.517
Appointment: means selection, promotion, appointing, or employing any person to hold any office, place, or position of employment subject to civil service. See Michigan Laws 38.517
Appraisal: A determination of property value.
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
Area median income: means the median income for the area as determined under section 8 of the United States housing act of 1937, 42 USC 1437f, adjusted for family size. See Michigan Laws 125.1459
Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
Asian Pacific American: means a person who has origins in any of the original peoples of the far east, southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific islands; is identified by an employer in an EEO-1 report as Asian or Pacific islander; or is regarded in the community as having origins in any of the original peoples of the far east, southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific islands. See Michigan Laws 37.123
Assessable property: means real property in a zone area other than property classified as residential real property under section 34c of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 125.990
Assessment: means an assessment imposed under this chapter against assessable property for the benefit of the property owners. See Michigan Laws 125.990
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
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.
Authority: means the Michigan veterans' facility authority created under section 3. See Michigan Laws 36.102
Authority: means the Michigan settlement administration authority created under section 4. See Michigan Laws 141.1603
Authority: means a land bank fast track authority created under section 15, section 23(4), or section 23(5). See Michigan Laws 124.753
Authority: means the Michigan state housing development authority created in this act. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
Authority board: means the board of directors of the state authority appointed under section 16. See Michigan Laws 124.753
Authority-aided mortgage: means a mortgage made, held, purchased, or assisted by the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.1411
Balanced budget: A budget in which receipts equal outlays.
Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
Beneficiary: means , in relation to a deceased veteran, the surviving husband or wife, the child or children, or the surviving dependent mother, dependent father, dependent person standing in loco parentis, or dependent brothers and sisters, in the order named, which determination may be made by the probate court of the county of residence of the veteran at the time of death on petition of the adjutant general. See Michigan Laws 35.922
Beneficiary: means , in relation to a deceased veteran, the surviving husband or wife, child or children, or the surviving mother, father, person standing in loco parentis, brothers and sisters, in the order named, which determination may be made by the probate court of the county of residence of the veteran at the time of death on petition of the adjutant general. See Michigan Laws 35.972
Beneficiary: means in relation to a deceased veteran the surviving husband or wife, child or children, or the dependent surviving mother or father, in the order named which determination may be made by the probate court of the county of residence of the veteran at the time of death. See Michigan Laws 35.1001
benefits: shall mean all moneys paid or payable by the United States through the veterans administration. See Michigan Laws 35.71
Bequest: Property gifted by will.
Board: means the Michigan veterans' trust fund board of trustees created in subsection (1). See Michigan Laws 35.603b
Board: means the state administrative board. See Michigan Laws 35.922
Board: means the state administrative board. See Michigan Laws 35.972
board: means the board of directors of the authority. See Michigan Laws 36.102
Board: means the board of directors of the authority. See Michigan Laws 141.1603
Board: means the board of directors of a business improvement zone. See Michigan Laws 125.990
Board: means the board of directors of the Michigan strategic fund, except where the context clearly requires a different definition. See Michigan Laws 125.2004
Board certified: means certified to practice in a particular medical specialty by a national board recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties or the American Osteopathic Association. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
Board of control: means the board charged with policy direction of a state supported institution of higher education. See Michigan Laws 38.382
Board of education: means the board of education of the city of Detroit. See Michigan Laws 38.371
Board of governors: means the board of governors of Wayne state university. See Michigan Laws 38.371
Board of trustees: means the board of trustees of a corporation created under or governed by this act. See Michigan Laws 331.1103
Bond: means a bond, note, or other obligation issued by the authority under this act. See Michigan Laws 36.102
Business improvement zone: means a business improvement zone created under this chapter. See Michigan Laws 125.990
Camping: means attendance at a residential, day, troop, or travel camp conducted for more than 4 school-age children, apart from their parents, guardians, or persons in loco parentis for 5 or more days or parts of days in a 14-day period. See Michigan Laws 333.9201
Care: includes treatment, control, transportation, confinement, and isolation in a facility or other location. See Michigan Laws 333.5101
Carrier: means an individual who serves as a potential source of infection and who harbors or who the department reasonably believes to harbor a specific infectious agent or a serious communicable disease or infection, whether or not there is present discernible disease. See Michigan Laws 333.5201
Casino: means a casino regulated by this state under the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432. See Michigan Laws 124.753
Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
Certified nurse midwife: means an individual who is licensed as a registered professional nurse under part 172 who has been granted a specialty certification in the practice of nurse midwifery by the Michigan board of nursing under section 17210. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
Certified nurse practitioner: means an individual who is licensed as a registered professional nurse under part 172 who has been granted a specialty certification as a nurse practitioner by the Michigan board of nursing under section 17210. See Michigan Laws 333.2701
Chemical agent: means a chemical herbicide or defoliant other than agent orange, or a chemical weapon, which chemical herbicide, defoliant, or weapon is of the type used by the armed forces of the United States. See Michigan Laws 333.5701
Chief executive official: means :

(i) In the case of a county with an elected county executive, the county executive. See Michigan Laws 30.402

child: means a single or married individual under 26 years of age whose activity is or may become so restricted by disease or specified medical condition as to reduce the individual's normal capacity for education and self-support. See Michigan Laws 333.5801

Child care article: means a product designed or intended by the manufacturer to facilitate the sleep, relaxation, or feeding of children or to help children with sucking or teething. See Michigan Laws 333.5491

Children: means individuals who are 7 years old or younger. See Michigan Laws 333.5481

Children: means individuals who are 7 years old or younger. See Michigan Laws 333.5491

chronic disease: includes an impairment or deviation from normal having 1 or more of the following characteristics:

(a) It is permanent. See Michigan Laws 333.5401

City: means a city, village, or other municipality that has a full-time paid fire or police department, or both. See Michigan Laws 38.517

city: whenever used in this act , shall be construed to mean a city incorporated under this act, or made subject to its provisions. See Michigan Laws 113.10

City: means a city establishing a corporation incorporated under, or governed by, this act. See Michigan Laws 331.1103

City public hospital: means a health care facility that is owned or operated by a city. See Michigan Laws 331.1103

Civil forfeiture: The loss of ownership of property used to conduct illegal activity.

Clinical nurse specialist-certified: means an individual who is licensed as a registered professional nurse under part 172 who has been granted a specialty certification as a clinical nurse specialist by the Michigan board of nursing under section 17210. See Michigan Laws 333.2701

Combat veteran: means a veteran eligible to wear the Vietnam Service Medal or Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. See Michigan Laws 35.1001

Combat veteran: means a veteran listed as missing in action, or a veteran eligible to wear the Vietnam Service Medal or the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal if eligibility for the award occurred during the period of service. See Michigan Laws 35.1022

Commission: means the Michigan Vietnam veterans memorial monument fund commission established in section 4. See Michigan Laws 35.1052

Commission: means the Asian Pacific American affairs commission created in section 5. See Michigan Laws 37.123

Commission: means the civil service commission created by this act. See Michigan Laws 38.517

commission: means a financial review commission created in section 4. See Michigan Laws 141.1633

Commission: means the health information technology commission created under section 2503. See Michigan Laws 333.2501

Commission: means the agent orange commission created in section 5731. See Michigan Laws 333.5701

Commissioner: means any 1 of the 3 commissioners of the commission. See Michigan Laws 38.517

Commissioner: means the Michigan film commissioner created in section 29b. See Michigan Laws 125.2029

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.

Communicable disease: means an illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products that results from transmission of that infectious agent or its products from a reservoir to a susceptible host, directly as from an infected individual or animal, or indirectly through the agency of an intermediate plant or animal host, vector, or the inanimate environment. See Michigan Laws 333.5101

Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.

Complaint: means a written accusation, under oath or upon affirmation, that a felony, misdemeanor, or ordinance violation has been committed and that the person named or described in the accusation is guilty of the offense. See Michigan Laws 761.1

Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.

Consumer: means that term as used in the consumer product safety act, 15 USC 2051 to 2085. See Michigan Laws 333.5481

Consumer: means that term as used in the consumer product safety act, 15 USC 2051 to 2085. See Michigan Laws 333.5491

Consumer housing cooperative: means a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to the corporation laws of this state and chapter 5. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

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

Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.

Contribution agreement: means the contribution agreement in substantially the form included with the city of Detroit's plan for adjustment. See Michigan Laws 141.1603

Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.

Conviction: includes any of the following:

(i) Assignment to youthful trainee status under section 11 to 15 of chapter II. See Michigan Laws 777.50

corner lot: is a lot of which at least 2 adjacent sides abut for their full length upon a street. See Michigan Laws 125.402

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.

Corporation: means a municipal health facilities corporation incorporated under this act or created under 1913 PA 350, MCL 331. See Michigan Laws 331.1103

Corporation obligation: means a bond, note, or any other legal instrument issued by a corporation or subsidiary corporation under chapter 4 that evidences indebtedness of a corporation or a subsidiary corporation, including principal, interest, and premiums, if any, on that indebtedness. See Michigan Laws 331.1103

Council: means the Michigan emergency management advisory council. See Michigan Laws 30.402

Council: means the Michigan film office advisory council created in section 29c. See Michigan Laws 125.2029

Countercyclical budget and economic stabilization fund: means the countercyclical budget and economic stabilization fund created in section 351 of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18. See Michigan Laws 141.1603

County: means a county within this state. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

County: means a county establishing a corporation incorporated under, or governed by, this act. See Michigan Laws 331.1103

County authority: means a county land bank fast track authority created by a county foreclosing governmental unit under section 23(4). See Michigan Laws 124.753

County public hospital: means a public corporation organized and existing or purportedly organized and existing under1913 PA 350, MCL 331. See Michigan Laws 331.1103

Course of study: means an individual class, or group of classes, in which an eligible person is enrolled for the purpose of obtaining a not-yet-completed training program, obtaining a not-yet-completed certificate program, or obtaining a not-yet-completed associate, bachelor's, or master's degree. See Michigan Laws 32.432

court: is a n open unoccupied space on the same lot with a dwelling and bounded on 2 or more sides with the walls of the dwelling. See Michigan Laws 125.402

Covered entity: means a state department, agency, or entity. See Michigan Laws 37.21

Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.

Decedent: A deceased person.

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.

Deferred payment loan: means a loan that is repayable or partially repayable upon the occurrence of a specified event as determined by the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Dental school: means an accredited program for the training of individuals to become dentists. See Michigan Laws 333.2701

Dentist: means an individual who is licensed to engage in the practice of dentistry under part 166. See Michigan Laws 333.2701

Department: means the department of state police. See Michigan Laws 30.402

Department: means the department of military and veterans affairs. See Michigan Laws 35.1212

Department: means the department of military and veterans affairs. See Michigan Laws 35.1252

Department: means the department of military and veterans affairs. See Michigan Laws 36.102

Department: means the department of energy, labor, and economic growth. See Michigan Laws 37.123

Department: means the department of civil rights. See Michigan Laws 37.301

Department: means the department of labor and economic opportunity. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Department: means the department of community health. See Michigan Laws 333.2501

Department: means the department of health and human services in cooperation with the veterans' service offices. See Michigan Laws 333.5701

Department: means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs. See Michigan Laws 333.6230

Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.

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.

Deputy: means any deputy, assistant or other subordinate officer, authorized pursuant to law to exercise all of the powers and discharge the duties of the office. See Michigan Laws 31.2

Designated advanced practice registered nurse: means a certified nurse midwife, certified nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist-certified. See Michigan Laws 333.2701

Designated mental health professional: means an individual who is qualified in the area of mental illness or developmental disabilities and who is 1 of the following:

(i) A nurse. See Michigan Laws 333.2701

Designated physician: means a physician qualified in 1 of the physician specialty areas identified in section 2711. See Michigan Laws 333.2701

Designated professional: means a designated physician, designated advanced practice registered nurse, dentist, physician's assistant, or designated mental health professional. See Michigan Laws 333.2701

Develop: means to plan, acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, maintain, renew, renovate, repair, replace, lease, equip, furnish, market, promote, manage, or operate. See Michigan Laws 36.102

Development costs: means the costs that have been approved by the authority as appropriate expenditures, and includes:

(i) Payments for options to purchase properties on the proposed housing project site, deposits on contracts of purchase, or, with the prior approval of the authority, payments for the purchases of those properties. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Devise: To gift property by will.

Dioxin: means the chemicals known as 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, or 2,3,7,8-TCDD. See Michigan Laws 333.5701

Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 35.1252

Director: means the director of the office of Asian Pacific American affairs. See Michigan Laws 37.123

Director: means the director of the department or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 333.6230

Disaster: means an occurrence or threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property resulting from a natural or human-made cause, including, but not limited to, fire, flood, snowstorm, ice storm, tornado, windstorm, wave action, oil spill, water contamination, utility failure, hazardous peacetime radiological incident, major transportation accident, hazardous materials incident, epidemic, air contamination, blight, drought, infestation, explosion, or hostile military action or paramilitary action, or similar occurrences resulting from terrorist activities, riots, or civil disorders. See Michigan Laws 30.402

Disaster: means an extraordinary misfortune caused by an enemy attack upon the United States or by civil disorder and resulting in widespread destruction of life and property. See Michigan Laws 31.2

Disaster relief forces: means all agencies of state, county, and municipal government, private and volunteer personnel, public officers and employees, and all other persons or groups of persons having duties or responsibilities under this act or pursuant to a lawful order or directive authorized by this act. See Michigan Laws 30.402

Discharge date: means the date an individual is discharged from the jurisdiction of the court or the department of corrections after being convicted of or adjudicated responsible for a crime or an act that would be a crime if committed by an adult. See Michigan Laws 777.50

Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.

Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:

District coordinator: means the state police emergency management division district coordinator. See Michigan Laws 30.402

Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.

Domestic service: means military service by a veteran during the period of service in 1 or more states of the United States or in the District of Columbia. See Michigan Laws 35.922

Domestic service: means military service by a veteran during the period of service in any state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Michigan Laws 35.972

Donor: The person who makes a gift.

Downtown area: means an area where 20 or more contiguous properties have been planned, zoned, or used for commercial purposes for 50 or more years and where a majority of the buildings are built adjacent to each other as determined by the authority and up to the public right-of-way. See Michigan Laws 125.1458

dwelling: is a ny house, building, structure, tent, shelter, trailer or vehicle, or portion thereof, (except railroad cars, on tracks or rights-of-way) which is occupied in whole or in part as the home, residence, living or sleeping place of 1 or more human beings, either permanently or transiently. See Michigan Laws 125.402

Economic development project: means an endeavor related to industrial, commercial, or agricultural enterprise. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

Educational institution: means a public or private educational institution or a separate school or department of a public or private educational institution, and includes an academy; elementary or secondary school; extension course; kindergarten; nursery school; school system; school district; intermediate school district; business, nursing, professional, secretarial, technical, or vocational school; public or private educational testing service or administrator; and an agent of an educational institution. See Michigan Laws 37.272

Elderly: means a single person who is 55 years of age or older or a household in which at least 1 member is 55 years of age or older and all other members are 50 years of age or older. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Electronic data: means information related to an electronic communication or the use of an electronic communication service, including, but not limited to, the contents, sender, recipients, or format of an electronic communication; the precise or approximate location of the sender or recipients of an electronic communication at any time during the communication; the time or date the communication was created, sent, or received; and the identity of an individual or device involved in the communication, including, but not limited to, an internet protocol address. See Michigan Laws 37.262

Eligible applicant: means a not-for-profit corporation, a for-profit corporation, a municipality, a land bank fast track authority organized under the land bank fast track act, 2003 PA 258, MCL 124. See Michigan Laws 125.1458

Eligible distressed area: means any of the following:

(i) An area located in a city with a population of at least 10,000, which area is either designated as a "blighted area" by a local legislative body pursuant to 1945 PA 344, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Eligible educational institution: means a public or private college, university, vocational school, technical school, or trade school located in this state. See Michigan Laws 32.432

Eligible employees: means the members of the faculty and administrative staff of state supported institutions of higher education on a full-time basis whose positions require the performance of professional services in the discharge of the educational or administrative functions of the institution. See Michigan Laws 38.382

Eligible person: means a member of the Michigan national guard who meets all of the following conditions:

(i) Is in active service. See Michigan Laws 32.432

Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. ^{Source: OCC}

Emergency: means any occasion or instance in which the governor determines state assistance is needed to supplement local efforts and capabilities to save lives, protect property and the public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in any part of the state. See Michigan Laws 30.402

Emergency interim successor: means a person designated pursuant to this act who, in the event the incumbent or his deputy is unavailable, is to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office until a successor is appointed or elected and qualified as may be provided by law, or until the lawful incumbent or his deputy is able to resume the exercise of the powers and discharge of the duties of the office. See Michigan Laws 31.2

Emergency management coordinator: means a person appointed pursuant to section 9 to coordinate emergency management within the county or municipality. See Michigan Laws 30.402

Emergency manager: means an emergency manager appointed under section 9. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

Employee: means an individual who works for another person for compensation. See Michigan Laws 37.202

Employer: means a person who employs 1 or more persons or who accepts applications for employment, including an agent of an employer. See Michigan Laws 37.202

Employer: means a person, including a unit of state or local government, engaged in a business, industry, profession, trade, or other enterprise in this state and includes an agent, representative, or designee of the employer. See Michigan Laws 37.272

Employment agency: means a person regularly undertaking with or without compensation to procure, refer, recruit, or place for an employer or person the opportunity to work for an employer, and includes an agent of that person. See Michigan Laws 37.202

Employment services: means referrals to employers, supportive services, or assistance in finding employment training. See Michigan Laws 35.1092

Enemy attack: means any attack or series of attacks by a power hostile to the United States which causes or may cause death, injury or substantial damage to the people and property in the United States by sabotage, or by the use of bombs, missiles or shells, or any other weapons of conventional, atomic, radiological, chemical, bacteriological, biological or any other nature, process or means. See Michigan Laws 31.2

Enforcing agency: means the designated officer or agency charged with responsibility for administration and enforcement of this act. See Michigan Laws 125.402a

Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.

Entity: means a partnership, nonprofit or business corporation, limited liability company, labor organization, or any other association, corporation, trust, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}

Erosion control: means installation of structures designed to control erosion or protect property adjacent to the great lakes or property affected by levels of the great lakes from erosion. See Michigan Laws 123.731

Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.

Estate: means the ownership of real or personal property at the time of death, the title to which was held either in the sole name of the decedent or by the entireties, tenancy in common, or joint tenancy with the spouse, child, or parent of the decedent, but does not include real property owned by the decedent as the homestead of the decedent. See Michigan Laws 35.801

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.

Examination: means any test, process, evaluation, or any other procedure used to determine a candidate's merit, suitability, or fitness for the position for which he or she is applying. See Michigan Laws 38.517

Examiner: means any person who does any of the following:

(i) Purports to detect deception, verify truthfulness, or provide a diagnostic opinion of either of these through instrumentation or the use of a mechanical device. See Michigan Laws 37.202

Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent

Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.

families: means the military dependents as determined by the qualified individual's branch of service. See Michigan Laws 35.1212

Family income: means all income that is included in a determination of family income under section 143(f) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 143(f), together with the income of all adults who will reside in the residence, which income might otherwise be excluded from consideration because the individual was not expected to both live in the residence and be primarily or secondarily liable on the mortgage note. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

federal act: means Public Law 725 of the 79th Congress, approved August 13, 1946, known as the hospital survey and construction act. See Michigan Laws 331.502

Federal bankruptcy code: means the federal bankruptcy code, 11 USC 101 to 1532. See Michigan Laws 141.1633

Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.

Felony: means a violation of a penal law of this state for which the offender, upon conviction, may be punished by imprisonment for more than 1 year or an offense expressly designated by law to be a felony. See Michigan Laws 761.1

Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.

Financial institution: means a state or nationally chartered bank or a state or federally chartered savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union whose deposits are insured by an agency of the United States government and that maintains a principal office or branch office in this state under the laws of this state or the United States. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

firearm: except as otherwise specifically defined in statute, includes any weapon which will, is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of an explosive. See Michigan Laws 8.3t

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.

Forbearance: A means of handling a delinquent loan. A

Foreclosing governmental unit: means that term as defined in section 78 of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}

Foreign service: means military service by a veteran during the period of service anywhere outside of any state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Michigan Laws 35.922

Foreign service: means military service by a veteran during the period of service anywhere outside of any state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Michigan Laws 35.972

Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. ^{Source: OCC}

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}

Full-time paid member: means an officer, fire fighter, or police officer who is paid regularly by the city and devotes his or her whole time to fire fighting, law enforcement, or related activities. See Michigan Laws 38.517

Fund: means the Michigan national guard tuition assistance fund created in section 4. See Michigan Laws 32.432

Fund: means the military family relief fund created in section 3. See Michigan Laws 35.1212

Fund: means the veterans cemetery fund created in section 5. See Michigan Laws 35.1252

fund: means the settlement administration fund created in section 7. See Michigan Laws 141.1603

Fund: means the Michigan housing and community development fund created in section 58a. See Michigan Laws 125.1458

Fund: means the land bank fast track fund created in section 18. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Fund: means the housing development fund created by this act. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Fund: means the Michigan strategic fund created under section 5, except where the context clearly requires a different definition. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

Fund: means the Michigan health initiative fund created in section 5911. See Michigan Laws 333.5901

fund: means the healthy Michigan fund created in section 5953. See Michigan Laws 333.5951

FWC Qualified Settlement Fund: means the FWC Qualified Settlement Fund described in the settlement agreement approved by the court in In re Flint Water Cases, No. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor

Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.

Governing body: means , in the case of a county, the county board of commissioners; in the case of a city, the council, common council, commission, or other body having legislative powers; in the case of a village, the council, common council, commission, board of trustees, or other body having legislative powers; in the case of a township, the township board; in the case of a charter township, the township board; in the case of a drainage district, the drain commissioner or the drainage board; and in the case of another district or of an authority, the body in which is lodged general governing powers. See Michigan Laws 123.731

Governing body: means in the case of a city, the council or commission of the city; in the case of a village, the council, commission, or board of trustees of the village; in the case of a township, the township board; and in the case of a county, the county board of commissioners. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,

grantee: may be construed as including every person to whom any such interest or estate passes in like manner. See Michigan Laws 8.3e

Green chemistry: means chemistry and chemical engineering to design chemical products or processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances, while producing high-quality products through safe and efficient manufacturing processes. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}

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.

HCV: means hepatitis C virus. See Michigan Laws 333.5901

Health care facilities: means buildings, structures, or equipment suitable and intended for, or incidental or ancillary to, use in providing health services, including, but not limited to, hospitals; hospital long-term care units; infirmaries; sanatoria; nursing homes; medical care facilities; outpatient clinics; ambulatory care facilities; surgical and diagnostic facilities; hospices; clinical laboratories; shared service facilities; laundries; meeting rooms; classrooms and other educational facilities; students', nurses', interns', or physicians' residences; administration buildings; facilities for use as or by health maintenance organizations; facilities for ambulance operations, advanced mobile emergency care services, and limited advanced mobile emergency care services; research facilities; facilities for the care of dependent children; maintenance, storage, and utility facilities; parking lots and structures; garages; office facilities not less than 80% of the net leasable space of which is intended for lease to or other use by direct providers of health care; facilities for the temporary lodging of outpatients or families of patients; residential facilities for use by the aged or disabled; and all necessary, useful, or related equipment, furnishings, and appurtenances and all lands necessary or convenient as sites for the health care facilities described in this subdivision. See Michigan Laws 331.1103

Health facility: means a health facility or agency licensed under article 17. See Michigan Laws 333.5653

Health resource shortage area: means a geographic area, population group, or health facility designated by the department under section 2717. See Michigan Laws 333.2701

Health services: means 1 or more of the following:

(i) Diagnosis and medical and surgical treatment by direct providers of health care of persons suffering from illness, injury, and disability, including persons suffering from tuberculosis and other contagious and infectious diseases, and persons requiring maternity care, rehabilitation, psychiatric care, or substance abuse services; dentistry and related services; podiatric medicine and surgery; optometric services; psychological services; skilled, basic, and visiting nursing services and home health services; ambulance operations; advanced mobile emergency care services and limited advanced emergency services; physical, respiratory, and occupational therapy; health maintenance services; services for the prevention of illness, injury, and disability and for the promotion, maintenance, and improvement of public health and welfare; food services and care for dependent children, the disabled, and the elderly; and social work and chaplaincy services provided in conjunction with other health services described in this subparagraph. See Michigan Laws 331.1103

Health threat to others: means that an individual who is a carrier has demonstrated an inability or unwillingness to conduct himself or herself in such a manner as to not place others at risk of exposure to a serious communicable disease or infection. See Michigan Laws 333.5201

HIV: means human immunodeficiency virus. See Michigan Laws 333.5901

HIV: means human immunodeficiency virus. See Michigan Laws 333.5101

HIV infected: means the status of an individual who is infected with HIV, as evidenced by any of the following:

(i) An HIV test, or a combination of tests, that is considered a confirmatory diagnostic test according to prevailing medical technology and algorithms or guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. See Michigan Laws 333.5101

Homestead: means a dwelling or a unit in a multiple unit dwelling and includes a mobile home or trailer coach. See Michigan Laws 35.801

Homicide: means any crime in which the death of a human being is an element of that crime. See Michigan Laws 777.1

Honorable service: means that service as evidenced by:

(i) Honorable or general discharge, or separation under honorable conditions. See Michigan Laws 35.1001

Honorable service: means that service as evidenced by:

(i) Honorable or general discharge, or separation under honorable conditions. See Michigan Laws 35.1022

Hospice: means that term as defined in section 20106. See Michigan Laws 333.5653

hospital: means a public or nonpublic corporation, association, institution, or establishment located within this state for the care of the sick or wounded or of those who require medical treatment or nursing care or home for the aged or which provides retirement housing facilities described in subdivision (f)(iii) operated without profit to an individual, corporation, or association. See Michigan Laws 331.33

Hospital: includes public health centers and general, tuberculosis, mental, chronic disease, and other types of hospitals, and related facilities, such as laboratories, out-patient departments, nurses' home and training facilities, and central service facilities operated in connection with hospitals, but does not include any hospital furnishing primarily domiciliary care. See Michigan Laws 331.502

Hospital: means a hospital licensed pursuant to article 17. See Michigan Laws 333.5701

Hospital facilities: means any of the following:

(i) A building or structure suitable and intended for, or incidental or ancillary to, use by a hospital and includes nursing homes, homes for the aged, outpatient clinics, laboratories, laundries, nurses', doctors', or interns' residences, administration buildings, facilities for research directly involved with hospital care, maintenance, storage, or utility facilities, parking lots, and garages and all necessary, useful, or related equipment, furnishings, and appurtenances and all lands necessary or convenient as a site for these facilities. See Michigan Laws 331.33

Hospital loan: means a loan made by the state authority or a local authority to a hospital. See Michigan Laws 331.33

hotel: is a multiple-dwelling of class b in which persons are lodged for hire and in which there are more than 50 sleeping rooms, a public dining room for the accommodation of at least 50 guests, and a general kitchen. See Michigan Laws 125.402

Housing charges: means monthly rentals or carrying charges, and includes estimated or actual expenditures for heat, light, water, cooking fuel, and other utilities, and other reasonable expenditures which the authority determines to be a part of housing charges. See Michigan Laws 125.1451

Housing development: means a development that contains a significant element of housing for persons of low or moderate income and elements of other housing and commercial, recreational, industrial, communal, and educational facilities that the authority determines improve the quality of the development as it relates to housing for persons of low or moderate income. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Housing project: means any of the following:

(i) Residential real property developed or to be developed or receiving benefits under this act. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Housing unit: means living accommodations that are intended for occupancy by up to 4 families, with a separate dwelling unit for each family, that may be site constructed or may be a mobile home or other form of manufactured housing, and with respect to which either of the following applies:

(i) The owner of the housing occupies at least 1 of the dwelling units. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Immunization: means the process of increasing an individual's immunity to a disease by use of a vaccine, antibody preparation, or other substance. See Michigan Laws 333.5101

Immunizing agent: means a vaccine, antibody preparation, or other substance used to increase an individual's immunity to a disease or infectious agent. See Michigan Laws 333.9201

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

income: shall include only moneys received by the guardian from the veterans administration, all earnings, interest, and profit derived therefrom and all property acquired therewith. See Michigan Laws 35.71

Income: means an amount determined in a manner consistent with the determination of lower income families under section 8 of the United States housing act of 1937, 42 USC 1437f. See Michigan Laws 125.1459

Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}

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.

Individual living unit: means an accommodation containing a living area, 1 to 4 sleeping areas, bathing and sanitation facilities, and cooking facilities equipped with a cooking range, refrigerator, and sink, all of which are separate and distinct from any other accommodations. See Michigan Laws 125.1459

Infection: means the invasion of the body with microorganisms or parasites, whether or not the invasion results in detectable pathologic effects. See Michigan Laws 333.5101

Infectious agent: means that term as defined in R 325. See Michigan Laws 333.9201

Information resource center: means the agent orange information resource center created in section 5745. See Michigan Laws 333.5701

inhabitant: means a resident of a city, township, village, district or county. See Michigan Laws 8.3f

Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.

Institute of higher education: means a public or private college or university. See Michigan Laws 333.5901

Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}

Intergovernmental agreement: means a contractual agreement between 1 or more governmental agencies, including, but not limited to, an interlocal agreement to jointly exercise any power, privilege, or authority that the agencies share in common and that each might exercise separately under the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Internal revenue code: means the United States internal revenue code of 1986. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.

Irrevocable trust: A trust arrangement that cannot be revoked, rescinded, or repealed by the grantor.

Job training services: means any program that provides training or training services to eligible applicants. See Michigan Laws 35.1092

Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.

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.

Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.

Juror: A person who is on the jury.

Juvenile: means a person within the jurisdiction of the circuit court under section 606 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600. See Michigan Laws 761.1

Juvenile adjudication: includes an adjudication set aside under section 18e of chapter XIIA of 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A. See Michigan Laws 777.50

Lake improvements: means any improvements now or hereafter authorized by law to be made to any waters of the state by a municipality or any board or body which may be established by a municipality for that purpose, or any portion or any combination thereof. See Michigan Laws 123.731

Lead-bearing substance: means an item or substance that contains lead, or a coating on an item that contains lead, so that the lead content is more than 0. See Michigan Laws 333.5481

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}

lease: means a written or unwritten agreement or contract that sets forth the terms and conditions, rights and obligations of each party with respect to a residential dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, building, premises, or structure that is not occupied by the owner of record. See Michigan Laws 125.526

Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).

Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.

Licensed professional counselor: means an individual who is licensed under part 181 to engage in the practice of counseling without supervision. See Michigan Laws 333.2701

Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.

Limited dividend housing corporation: means a corporation incorporated or qualified pursuant to the corporation laws of this state and chapter 6 and a limited dividend housing association organized and qualified pursuant to chapter 7. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.

Local authority: means a local land bank fast track authority created by a qualified city under section 23(5), with the local land bank fast track authority having control over properties within its geographical boundaries, unless that local land bank fast track authority approves an intergovernmental agreement as allowed under this act. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Local authority: means a public municipal corporation incorporated under this act. See Michigan Laws 331.33

Local government: means a municipal government or a school district. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

Local governmental unit: means a school district, intermediate school district, city, village, township, county, authority, or other political subdivision of this state. See Michigan Laws 37.251

Local governmental unit: means a county, city, or village. See Michigan Laws 331.1103

Local state of emergency: means a proclamation or declaration that activates the response and recovery aspects of any and all applicable local or interjurisdictional emergency operations plans and authorizes the furnishing of aid, assistance, and directives under those plans. See Michigan Laws 30.402

Local unit of government: means a city, village, township, county, or any intergovernmental, metropolitan, or local department, agency, or authority, or other local political subdivision. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Low and moderate income housing: means housing financed by bond issues authorized under this act, by federally-aided mortgages as defined in section 11(c), or by other programs directed toward providing housing within the financial means of low and moderate income families as the authority shall determine. See Michigan Laws 125.1451

Low income or moderate income persons: means families and persons who cannot afford to pay the amounts at which private enterprise, without federally-aided mortgages or loans from the authority, is providing a substantial supply of decent, safe, and sanitary housing and who fall within income limitations set in this act or by the authority in its rules. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Majority leader: see Floor Leaders

Manufacturer: means a person that prepares, produces, derives, propagates, compounds, processes, packages, or repackages a drug or device salable on prescription only, or otherwise changes the container or the labeling of a drug or device salable on prescription only, and that supplies, distributes, sells, offers for sale, barters, or otherwise disposes of that drug or device and any other drug or device salable on prescription only, to another person for resale, compounding, or dispensing. See Michigan Laws 333.17706

Marriage and family therapist: means an individual who is licensed under part 169 to engage in the practice of marriage and family therapy. See Michigan Laws 333.2701

Meaningful language access: means the ability to receive information and to participate in and benefit from public services offered by a covered entity. See Michigan Laws 37.21

MEDC: means the Michigan economic development corporation, the public body corporate created under section 28 of article VII of the state constitution of 1963 and the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

Medicaid: means benefits under the program of medical assistance established under title XIX of the social security act, 42 USC 1396 to 1396w-6, and administered by the department under the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400. See Michigan Laws 333.2701

Medical school: means an accredited program for the training of individuals to become physicians. See Michigan Laws 333.2701

Medical treatment: means a treatment including, but not limited to, palliative care treatment, or a procedure, medication, surgery, a diagnostic test, or a hospice plan of care that may be ordered, provided, or withheld or withdrawn by a health professional or a health facility under generally accepted standards of medical practice and that is not prohibited by law. See Michigan Laws 333.5653

Medicare: means benefits under the federal Medicare program established under title XVIII of the social security act, 42 USC 1395 to 1395lll. See Michigan Laws 333.2701

Members elect: means when applied to the county board of commissioners, both members elected and appointed. See Michigan Laws 123.731

Mental health professional program: means an accredited program for the training of individuals to become a designated mental health professional. See Michigan Laws 333.2701

Metadata: means information generally not visible when an electronic document is printed describing the history, tracking, or management of the electronic document, including information about data in the electronic document that describes how, when, and by whom the data were collected, created, accessed, or modified and how the data are formatted. See Michigan Laws 37.262

Michigan economic development corporation: means the public body corporate created under section 28 of article VII of the state constitution of 1963 and the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Michigan emergency management plan: means the plan prepared and maintained by the emergency management division of the department and signed by the governor. See Michigan Laws 30.402

Michigan state housing development authority: means the Michigan state housing development authority created under the state housing development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Michigan strategic fund: means the Michigan strategic fund as described in the Michigan strategic fund act, 1984 PA 270, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Michigan veteran homes: means the administrative entity that centrally manages and operates veterans' facilities in this state. See Michigan Laws 36.102

military duty: means (1) training and service performed by an inductee, enlistee or reservist or any entrant into a temporary component of the armed forces of the United States, and (2) time spent in reporting for and returning from such training and service, or if a rejection occurs, from the place of reporting therefor: Provided, That the time spent does not exceed the minimum time required by law for the inductee or not exceed 3 years for the first enlistment, or not exceed 3 years for the reservist after being recalled to active duty or as soon after the expiration of such 3 years as the reservist is able to obtain orders relieving him from active duty: And provided further, That if the re-employment provision of the selective service act is amended to provide a period of other than 3 years, such a period provided by the selective service act shall apply. See Michigan Laws 35.351

Minority leader: See Floor Leaders

Misdemeanor: means a violation of a penal law of this state that is not a felony or a violation of an order, rule, or regulation of a state agency that is punishable by imprisonment or a fine that is not a civil fine. See Michigan Laws 761.1

Mixed use buildings: means buildings that can be used for more than 1 purpose, and in any combination, including, but not limited to, residential housing combined with either commercial or retail space. See Michigan Laws 125.1458

Mobile home: means a structure, transportable in 1 or more sections, that is built on a chassis and is designed to be used as a dwelling with or without permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained in the structure. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Mobile home condominium project: means a condominium project in which mobile homes are intended to be located upon separate sites that constitute individual condominium units and that complies with the condominium act, 1978 PA 59, MCL 559. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Mobile home park: means a parcel or tract of land under the control of a person or entity upon which 3 or more mobile homes are located on a continual, nonrecreational, residential basis and that is offered to the public for general public use for continual, nonrecreational, residential purposes regardless of whether a charge is made for that use, together with any social, recreational, commercial, and communal facilities used or intended for use incident to the occupancy of a mobile home. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Mobile home park association: means a mobile home park association organized and qualified in accordance with chapter 9. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Mobile home park corporation: means a corporation incorporated pursuant to the corporation laws of this state and qualified in accordance with chapter 8. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Moderate cost residential rental property: means dwelling units for which the rental payments are equal to or less than that established from time to time as the fair market rents for existing housing in accordance with 1 of the following:

(i) The section 8 leased housing program established under section 8 of the United States housing act of 1937, 42 USC 1437f, and the regulations promulgated under that act, or a substantially equivalent successor federal program. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

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

Monument fund: means the Vietnam veterans memorial monument fund created in section 3. See Michigan Laws 35.1052

Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.

Mortgage lender: means a state or national bank, state or federal savings and loan association, mortgage company, insurance company, state pension fund, or any other financial institution, intermediary, or entity authorized to make mortgage loans in this state. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. ^{Source: OCC}

Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.

Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.

Multifamily housing: means a building or buildings providing housing to 2 or more households, none of which is owner occupied. See Michigan Laws 125.1458

multiple dwelling: is a dwelling occupied otherwise than as a private dwelling or 2 family dwelling. See Michigan Laws 125.402

Municipality: means a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 30.402

Municipality: means a township, charter township, city, or incorporated village. See Michigan Laws 38.517

Municipality: means a county, city, village, township, charter township, district, or authority existing under the laws of this state. See Michigan Laws 123.731

Municipality: means a city, village, or township in this state. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Municipality: means a county, city, village, township, port district, development organization, institution of higher education, community or junior college, or subdivision or instrumentality of any of the legal entities listed in this subdivision. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

Mutual housing association: means a corporation organized in accordance with chapter 10. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. ^{Source: OCC}

National Health Service Corps: means the agency established under 42 USC 254d. See Michigan Laws 333.2701

Need: means an unforeseen situation that causes a temporary or short-term financial emergency or hardship that a grant under this act will resolve and for which an applicant can demonstrate the ability to meet expenses in the future. See Michigan Laws 35.1212

Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.

Nonprofit health care organization: means a public body organized and existing under the laws of this state and authorized to provide health services, a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450. See Michigan Laws 331.1103

Nonprofit housing corporation: means a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the corporation laws of this state and chapter 4. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Nurse: means an individual who is licensed to engage in the practice of nursing under part 172. See Michigan Laws 333.2701

Nursing home: means that term as defined in section 20109 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 331.33

Nursing program: means an accredited program for the training of individuals to become nurses. See Michigan Laws 333.2701

Oath: A promise to tell the truth.

oath: shall be construed to include the word "affirmation" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath; and in like cases the word "sworn" shall be construed to include the word "affirmed". See Michigan Laws 8.3k

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.

occupational disease: means an illness of the human body arising out of and in the course of an individual's employment and having 1 or more of the following characteristics:

(a) It is caused by a frequently repeated or continuous exposure to a hazardous substance or agent or to a specific industrial practice which is hazardous and which has continued over an extended period of time. See Michigan Laws 333.5601

Office: means the office of Asian Pacific American affairs created in section 13. See Michigan Laws 37.123

Office: means the Michigan film office created in section 29a. See Michigan Laws 125.2029

Operating expenses: means the reasonable operating expenses of the commission, including without limitation the cost of preparing accounting and other reports, costs of commission meetings or other required activities of the commission, counsel fees, including fees of the attorney general, and fees and expenses incurred for consultants and fiduciaries required to carry out the purposes of this act. See Michigan Laws 141.1633

Optional retirement program: means a system of retirement benefits established as a part of the plan of compensation for eligible teaching and administrative personnel. See Michigan Laws 38.382

Oral language services: includes various methods to provide verbal information and interpretation, such as staff interpreters, bilingual staff, telephone interpreter programs, televideo interpretation services, and private interpreter programs. See Michigan Laws 37.21

ORV: means that term as defined in section 81101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 777.1

Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.

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.

Patient: means an individual who is under the care of a physician. See Michigan Laws 333.5653

Patient advocate: means that term as described and used in sections 5506 to 5515 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700. See Michigan Laws 333.5653

Patient surrogate: means the parent or legal guardian of a patient who is a minor or a member of the immediate family, the next of kin, or the legal guardian of a patient who has a condition other than minority that prevents the patient from giving consent to medical treatment. See Michigan Laws 333.5653

Period of service: means the period of time between September 16, 1940 and June 30, 1946 and, for purposes of former section 25 of article X of the state constitution of 1908, also means the period of time between June 27, 1950 and the termination of the state of national emergency, which state of national emergency was proclaimed on December 16, 1950. See Michigan Laws 35.922

Period of service: means the period of time between June 27, 1950 and December 31, 1953. See Michigan Laws 35.972

Period of service: means that period of time between 12:01 a. See Michigan Laws 35.1001

Period of service: means that period of time between 12:01 a. See Michigan Laws 35.1022

period of war: means that phrase as described in 38 C. See Michigan Laws 35.602

Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or any other entity. See Michigan Laws 30.402

person: includes a partnership, corporation or an association. See Michigan Laws 35.71

Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity, this state or an agency of this state, or the federal government or an agency of the federal government. See Michigan Laws 37.202

Person: means an individual, corporation, limited or general partnership, association, joint venture, limited liability company, a governmental entity, including this state. See Michigan Laws 141.1633

person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Michigan Laws 125.402

Person: means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, profit or nonprofit corporation including a public or private college or university, public utility, municipality, local industrial development corporation, economic development corporation, other association of persons organized for agricultural, commercial, or industrial purposes, a lender, or any other entity approved by the board. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 333.5481

Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 333.5491

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

person with a disability: includes a veteran who has been diagnosed with 1 or more of the following:

(i) Post-traumatic stress disorder. See Michigan Laws 37.301

Personal information: means 1 or more of the following:

(i) Social security number. See Michigan Laws 37.251

Personal internet account: means an account created via a bounded system established by an internet-based service that requires a user to input or store access information via an electronic device to view, create, utilize, or edit the user's account information, profile, display, communications, or stored data. See Michigan Laws 37.272

Personal property: All property that is not real property.

Physician: means an individual who is licensed as a physician under part 170 or part 175. See Michigan Laws 333.2701

Physician: means that term as defined in section 17001 or 17501. See Michigan Laws 333.5653

Physician: means a physician licensed pursuant to article 15. See Michigan Laws 333.5701

Place of public accommodation: means a business, an educational institution, or a refreshment, entertainment, recreation, health, or transportation facility of any kind, whether licensed or not, whose goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations are extended, offered, sold, or otherwise made available to the public. See Michigan Laws 37.231

Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.

Plan for adjustment: means the plan for the adjustment of debts of the city of Detroit approved and entered by the United States bankruptcy court for the eastern district of Michigan, southern division, In Re City of Detroit, Michigan, case no. See Michigan Laws 141.1603

Plan for adjustment: means the plan for the adjustment of debts of a qualified city approved and entered by a United States bankruptcy court under chapter 9 of title 11 of the United States Code, 11 USC 901 to 946. See Michigan Laws 141.1633

Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.

Plea agreement: An arrangement between the prosecutor, the defense attorney, and the defendant in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for special considerations. ^Source:

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.

Political subdivision: means a county, municipality, school district, or any other governmental unit, agency, body, board, or commission which is not a state department, board, commission, or agency of state government. See Michigan Laws 30.402

Polygraph examination: means a psychological stress evaluator examination or any other procedure which involves the use of instrumentation or a mechanical device to enable or assist the detection of deception, the verification of truthfulness, or the rendering of a diagnostic opinion regarding either of these; including a lie detector test, psychological stress evaluator examination, or similar test. See Michigan Laws 37.202

Port facilities: means seawall jetties; piers; wharves; docks; boat landings; marinas; warehouses; storehouses; elevators; grain bins; cold storage plants; bunkers; oil tanks; ferries; canals; locks; bridges; tunnels; seaways; conveyors; modern appliances for the economical handling, storage, and transportation of freight and handling of passenger traffic; transfer and terminal facilities required for the efficient operation and development of ports and harbors; other harbor improvements; or improvements, enlargements, remodeling, or extensions of any of these buildings or structures. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

position: means employment, whether probationary or otherwise, held by a public employee at the time of entrance into military duty, but shall not include temporary or casual employment or an office filled by election, nor officers appointed for a fixed term. See Michigan Laws 35.351

Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}

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.

Presentence report: A report prepared by a court's probation officer, after a person has been convicted of an offense, summarizing for the court the background information needed to determine the appropriate sentence. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}

President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.

Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.

private dwelling: is a dwelling occupied by but 1 family, and so designed and arranged as to provide cooking and kitchen accommodations for 1 family only. See Michigan Laws 125.402

Private employer: means a sole proprietor, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other private entity with 1 or more employees. See Michigan Laws 35.1201

Private sector: means other than the fund, a state or federal source, or an agency of a state or the federal government. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.

Probate: Proving a will

Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.

Professional services: means services that require a high degree of intellectual skill, an advanced degree, or professional licensing or certification. See Michigan Laws 141.1633

Project: means those activities defined under section 58c. See Michigan Laws 125.1458

Project: means an economic development project and, in addition, means the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, conversion, or leasing of an industrial, commercial, retail, agricultural, or forestry enterprise, or any part of these, to carry out the purposes and objectives of this act and of the fund, including, but not limited to, acquisition of land or interest in land, buildings, structures, or other planned or existing planned improvements to land including leasehold improvements, machinery, equipment, or furnishings which include, but are not limited to, the following: research parks; office facilities; engineering facilities; research and development laboratories; warehousing facilities; parts distribution facilities; depots or storage facilities; port facilities; railroad facilities, including trackage, right of way, and appurtenances; airports; bridges and bridge facilities; water and air pollution control equipment or waste disposal facilities; theme or recreational parks; equipment or facilities designed to produce energy from renewable resources; farms, ranches, forests, and other agricultural or forestry commodity producers; agricultural harvesting, storage, transportation, or processing facilities or equipment; grain elevators; shipping heads and livestock pens; livestock; warehouses; wharves and dock facilities; dredging of recreational or commercial harbors; water, electricity, hydro electric, coal, petroleum, or natural gas provision facilities; dams and irrigation facilities; sewage, liquid, and solid waste collection, disposal treatment, and drainage services and facilities. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

Project cost: means the sum total of all reasonable or necessary costs incurred by the nonprofit housing corporation, consumer housing cooperative, limited dividend housing corporation, mobile home park corporation, or mobile home park association for carrying out all works and undertakings for the completion of a housing project and approved by the authority. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

project costs: includes costs for all of the following: studies and surveys; plans, specifications, and architectural and engineering services; legal, organization, marketing, or other special services; financing, acquisition, demolition, construction, equipment, and site development of new and rehabilitated buildings; movement of existing buildings to other sites; rehabilitation, reconstruction, repair, or remodeling of existing buildings; carrying charges during construction; the cost of placement of tenants or occupants, and relocation services in connection with a housing project; and, to the extent not already included, all development costs. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Project costs: means the total of the reasonable or necessary costs incurred for carrying out the works and undertakings for the acquisition or construction of hospital facilities under this act. See Michigan Laws 331.33

Project costs: means the total of the reasonable or necessary costs incurred for carrying out the acquisition, construction, repair, remodeling, equipping, or re-equipping of health care facilities. See Michigan Laws 331.1103

Promotion fund: means the Michigan film promotion fund created under section 29d. See Michigan Laws 125.2029

Property: includes any matter or thing upon or in respect to which an offense may be committed. See Michigan Laws 761.1

Proportional voting: means voting with an allocation of votes under section 10f(7) if provided for in a zone plan or a proposed zone plan. See Michigan Laws 125.990

Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.

Psychological stress evaluator: means any mechanical device or instrument which purports to determine the truth or falsity of statements made by an employee or applicant for employment on the basis of vocal fluctuations or vocal stress. See Michigan Laws 37.202

Psychological stress evaluator examination: means any of the following:

(i) The questioning or interviewing of an employee or applicant for employment for the purpose of subjecting the statements of the employee or applicant for employment to analysis by a psychological stress evaluator. See Michigan Laws 37.202

Psychologist: means an individual licensed to engage in the practice of psychology under part 182. See Michigan Laws 333.2701

public employee: means any person holding a position in public employment, both classified and unclassified. See Michigan Laws 35.351

public employer: means any government, department or agency mentioned in subsection (b) of this section employing a public employee in a position. See Michigan Laws 35.351

public employment: means remunerative employment by the government of this state, or of any county, municipality, or other civil or political subdivision thereof, including any department, agency or instrumentality thereof. See Michigan Laws 35.351

public hall: is a hall, corridor or passageway not within the exclusive control of 1 family. See Michigan Laws 125.402

Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.

Public service: means a public facility, department, agency, board, or commission owned, operated, or managed by or on behalf of this state or a subdivision of this state, by a county, city, village, township, or independent or regional district in this state, or by a tax-exempt private agency established to provide service to the public, except that public service does not include a state or county correctional facility with respect to actions or decisions regarding an individual serving a sentence of imprisonment. See Michigan Laws 37.231

Qualified city: means a city with a population of more than 600,000 that is subject to a plan for adjustment. See Michigan Laws 141.1633

Qualified city: means 1 of the following:

(i) A city that contains a first class school district. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Qualified individual: means an individual who meets all of the following criteria:

(i) The individual is or was a member of a reserve component of the United States armed forces or the United State coast guard based in this state or is a resident of this state serving in a reserve component of the United States armed forces or the United States coast guard based in another state and is called to active duty by the president of the United States or the United States secretary of defense as a result of national response to September 11, 2001 or as a response to a national emergency declared by the president of the United States and for which funds are being spent by the federal government. See Michigan Laws 35.1212

qualified military veteran: means an individual who meets all of the following requirements:

(a) Before graduation from a high school, the military veteran enlisted in or was drafted into the armed forces of the United States during World War II between December 16, 1940 and December 31, 1946, during the Korean conflict between June 27, 1950 and January 31, 1955, or during the Vietnam era between February 28, 1961 and May 7, 1975. See Michigan Laws 35.341

Qualified school district: means a school district with the same boundaries as a city with a population of 600,000 or more. See Michigan Laws 141.1633

Qualifying period: means the period in which a business improvement zone is authorized to operate and impose and collect assessments, beginning on the date that the business improvement zone is approved by the property owners voting on the question as provided in section 10f and ending 7 to 10 calendar years after that date as determined in the petition described in section 10c. See Michigan Laws 125.990

Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.

Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

rear yard: is a n unoccupied space on the same lot with a dwelling, between the extreme rear line of the dwelling and the rear lot line and extending from 1 side lot line to the other side lot line. See Michigan Laws 125.402

Receivership: means the process under this act by which a financial emergency is addressed through the appointment of an emergency manager. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. ^{Source: FDIC}

Refuse: means putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body wastes, and includes garbage, rubbish, ashes, incinerator ash, incinerator residue, street cleanings, and industrial wastes. See Michigan Laws 123.731

Refuse system: means disposal, including all equipment and facilities for storing, handling, processing, and disposing of refuse, including plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties, used or useful in connection with the salvage or disposal of refuse and used or useful in the creation, sale, or disposal of by-products, including rock, sand, clay, gravel, or timber, or any portion or any combination thereof. See Michigan Laws 123.731

Registry: means the childhood immunization registry or Michigan care improvement registry established under section 9207. See Michigan Laws 333.9201

Rehabilitation: means all or part of those repairs and improvements necessary to make residential real property safe, sanitary, or adequate. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

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.

rental: means all regular charges paid on a periodic basis to a housing corporation by a person or family living in a rental or cooperative housing project, excluding initial down payments. See Michigan Laws 125.1451

Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).

Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.

Resident: means a person who meets 1 or more of the following:

(i) Was born in and lived in this state until entrance into the armed forces of the United States. See Michigan Laws 35.922

Resident: means a person who meets 1 or more of the following:

(i) Was born in and lived in this state until entrance into the armed forces of the United States. See Michigan Laws 35.972

Resident: means a person who has acquired a status as follows:

(i) Was born in and lived in this state until entrance into the armed forces of the United States. See Michigan Laws 35.1022

Residential real property: means real property located in this state, used for residential purposes, and improved or to be improved by a residential structure. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Resolution: means a resolution or an ordinance, if the governing body of a municipality chooses to act by ordinance rather than by resolution. See Michigan Laws 123.731

Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.

Restructured corporation: means a corporation that has completed the process described in section 305a. See Michigan Laws 331.1103

Restructured subsidiary corporation: means a subsidiary corporation that has completed the process described in section 305a. See Michigan Laws 331.1103

Retirement commission: means the retirement commission of the employee retirement system of the school district of the city of Detroit. See Michigan Laws 38.371

Retirement system: means the employee retirement system of the school district of the city of Detroit created and established by chapter 2 of Act No. See Michigan Laws 38.371

Retirement system: means the Michigan public school employees' retirement system created by the public school employees retirement act of 1979, Act No. See Michigan Laws 38.382

Retirement systems: means the police and fire retirement system of the city of Detroit and the general retirement system of the city of Detroit. See Michigan Laws 141.1603

Review team: means a review team appointed under section 4. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

Risk reduction: means the process of identifying and reducing or eliminating behaviors or conditions, or both, that are harmful to physical or mental health, or both. See Michigan Laws 333.5901

Rule: means a rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. See Michigan Laws 30.402

seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:

(a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3n

Sentencing guidelines: A set of rules and principles established by the United States Sentencing Commission that trial judges use to determine the sentence for a convicted defendant. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}

Serious communicable disease or infection: means a communicable disease or infection that is designated as serious by the department under this part. See Michigan Laws 333.5101

service: means service in the armed forces of the United States during a period of war as described in 38 C. See Michigan Laws 35.801

Service animal: means all of the following:

(i) That term as defined in 28 C. See Michigan Laws 37.301

Service obligation: means the contractual obligation undertaken by an individual under section 2705 or section 2707 to provide health care services for a determinable time period at a site designated by the department. See Michigan Laws 333.2701

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

Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

Sewage disposal system: means all sanitary sewers, storm sewers, combined sanitary and storm sewers, plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties, used or useful in connection with the collection, treatment, or disposal of sewage including storm water, sanitary sewage, or industrial wastes, or any portion or any combination thereof. See Michigan Laws 123.731

Sexually transmitted infection: means syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum, granuloma inguinale, and other sexually transmitted infections that the department may designate and require to be reported under section 5111. See Michigan Laws 333.5101

shall: is a lways mandatory and not directory, and denotes that the dwelling shall be maintained in all respects according to the mandate as long as it continues to be a dwelling. See Michigan Laws 125.402

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

side yard: is a n unoccupied space on the same lot with a dwelling between the side lot line and the nearest side line of the dwelling and extending from the extreme rear line of the dwelling to the front lot line. See Michigan Laws 125.402

Snowmobile: means that term as defined in section 82101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 777.1

Special Purpose FWC Settlement Entity: means the Special Purpose FWC Settlement Entity described in the settlement agreement approved by the court in In re Flint Water Cases, No. See Michigan Laws 125.2004

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 administrative board: means the board created under 1921 PA 2, MCL 17. See Michigan Laws 124.753

State agency: means a department, board, commission, office, agency, authority, or other unit of state government in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch. See Michigan Laws 37.251

State authority: means the land bank fast track authority created under section 15. See Michigan Laws 124.753

State authority: means the hospital finance authority created by this act. See Michigan Laws 331.33

State civil infraction: means that term as defined in section 113 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600. See Michigan Laws 480.11a

State executive officers: means the elected heads of the principal departments of this state. See Michigan Laws 31.2

State financial authority: means the following:

(i) For a municipal government, the state treasurer. See Michigan Laws 141.1542

State of disaster: means an executive order or proclamation that activates the disaster response and recovery aspects of the state, local, and interjurisdictional emergency operations plans applicable to the counties or municipalities affected. See Michigan Laws 30.402

State of emergency: means an executive order or proclamation that activates the emergency response and recovery aspects of the state, local, and interjurisdictional emergency operations plans applicable to the counties or municipalities affected. See Michigan Laws 30.402

State supported institution of higher education: means any of the following:

(i) Western Michigan university. See Michigan Laws 38.382

State treasurer: means the state treasurer of this state or his or her designee who is designated by a written instrument signed by the state treasurer and maintained in a permanent file and whose signature has the same force and effect as the signature of the state treasurer for all purposes under this act. See Michigan Laws 141.1603

State treasurer: means the treasurer of this state or his or her designee who shall be designated by a written instrument signed by the state treasurer and maintained in a permanent file and whose signature shall have the same force and effect as the signature of the state treasurer for all purposes under this act. See Michigan Laws 141.1633

Statewide median gross income: means the statewide median gross income as determined under section 143(f) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 143(f). See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.

Subsidiary board: means the board of trustees of a subsidiary corporation. See Michigan Laws 331.1103

Subsidiary corporation: means a subsidiary municipal health facilities corporation incorporated under this act. See Michigan Laws 331.1103

Subsidiary nonprofit housing corporation: means an entity created under section 22c. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Substance use disorder services: means substance use disorder prevention services or substance use disorder treatment and rehabilitation services, or both, as those terms are defined in section 100d of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330. See Michigan Laws 333.6230

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

Supportive housing: means a rental housing project in which some or all of the units are targeted to people with household incomes at or below 30% of area median income and that provide services, either directly or contracted for, to those people that include, but are not limited to, mental health, substance abuse services, counseling services, and daily living services. See Michigan Laws 125.1458

Supportive housing property: means property that meets all of the following requirements:

(i) Is owned by an organization exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 501, or by a nonprofit housing corporation organized under chapter 4. See Michigan Laws 125.1459

surgeon general: means the surgeon general of the public health service of the United States. See Michigan Laws 331.502

Tax reverted property: means property that meets 1 or more of the following criteria:

(i) The property was conveyed to this state under former section 67a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, and subsequently was not sold at a public auction under former section 131 of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, except property described in former section 131 of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, that is withheld from sale by the director of the department of natural resources as authorized in that section. See Michigan Laws 124.753

Taxing jurisdiction: means a municipality, county, or district, including a school district or any special district having the power to levy or collect taxes upon real property or in whose behalf taxes may be levied or collected. See Michigan Laws 125.1411

Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent

Testate: To die leaving a will.

Testify: Answer questions in court.

Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.

Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.

Toxic substance: means a substance that contains lead, or a coating on an item that contains lead, so that the lead content is more than 0. See Michigan Laws 333.5491

Toy: means an article designed and made for the amusement of a minor or for the minor's use in play. See Michigan Laws 333.5491

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.

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

Trustee: means a person serving on a board of trustees or a subsidiary board. See Michigan Laws 331.1103

Tuition: means the cost of a course of study at an eligible educational institution, including the cost of instructional fees, laboratory fees, computer fees, and other fees directly related to that eligible person's specific course of study at that eligible educational institution. See Michigan Laws 32.432

Tuition assistance program: means the Michigan national guard tuition assistance program created in section 3. See Michigan Laws 32.432

Unavailable: means that the lawful incumbent of the office, including any deputy exercising the powers and discharging the duties of the office because of a vacancy, and his duly authorized deputy are not available to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office. See Michigan Laws 31.2

Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}

Unit: means a mobilized unit in which the qualified individual is in active federal service. See Michigan Laws 35.1212

United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o

Variable Rate: Having a "variable" rate means that the APR changes from time to time based on fluctuations in an external rate, normally the Prime Rate. This external rate is known as the "index." If the index changes, the variable rate normally changes. Also see Fixed Rate.

Vehicle: means that term as defined in section 79 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 777.1

Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.

Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.

Vessel: means that term as defined in section 80104 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 777.1

veteran: means an individual who meets all of the following:

(a) Is a veteran as defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35. See Michigan Laws 35.441

veteran: means an individual who meets all of the following:

(a) Is a veteran as defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35. See Michigan Laws 35.602

Veteran: means an individual who meets all of the following:

(i) Is a veteran as defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35. See Michigan Laws 35.922