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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 239.6

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
     Any owner, occupant or person having charge of lands who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act, on conviction before a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine not more than 10 dollars, together with the cost of prosecution, and in default of payment of the same shall be imprisoned in the county jail of the county where the land is situated, for a period not exceeding 20 days.