Michigan Laws > Chapter 330 > Act 258 of 1974 – Mental Health Code


§ 330.1001	Short title
Chapter 1	Department of Mental Health
Chapter 2	County Community Mental Health Programs
Chapter 2A	Substance Use Disorder Services
Chapter 3	State and County Financial Responsibility
Chapter 4	Civil Admission and Discharge Procedures: Mental Illness
Chapter 4A	Civil Admission and Discharge Procedures for Emotionally Disturbed Minors
Chapter 5	Civil Admission and Discharge Procedures: Developmental Disabilities
Chapter 6	Guardianship for the Developmentally Disabled
Chapter 7	Rights of Recipients of Mental Health Services
Chapter 7A	Dispute Resolution
Chapter 8	Financial Liability for Mental Health Services
Chapter 9	Miscellaneous Provisions
Chapter 9A	Crisis Stabilization Units
Chapter 10	Criminal Provisions
Chapter 11

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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 330 > Act 258 of 1974 - Mental Health Code

Ability to pay: means the ability of a responsible party to pay for the cost of services, as determined by the department under section 818 and 819. See Michigan Laws 330.1800
Accommodations: means the room or other space provided for sleeping, including furnishings and other accessories in the room or other space. See Michigan Laws 141.861
Acupressure: means a form of manual therapy in which physical pressure is applied to various points on the body. See Michigan Laws 333.16501
Acupuncture: means the insertion and manipulation of needles through the surface of the human body. See Michigan Laws 333.16501
Acupuncturist: means an individual who is licensed under this part to engage in the practice of acupuncture. See Michigan Laws 333.16501
Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
Administrative admission: means the admission of an individual with a developmental disability to a facility under section 509. See Michigan Laws 330.1500
Administrator: means the official designated by the county or local unit of government to collect the excise tax and to administer and enforce the ordinance. See Michigan Laws 141.861
Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
Affiliate: means a person, other than an individual or governmental entity, to which any of the following apply:

(i) A credit union directly or indirectly owns or controls a majority of the person's voting shares or other voting ownership interests. See Michigan Laws 490.102

Agent: means a stamping agent, as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493

Agent: includes , but is not limited to, an attorney-in-fact under a durable or nondurable power of attorney and an individual authorized to make decisions as a patient advocate concerning another's health care. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Airport rescue firefighter: means an employee of or volunteer assigned by a political subdivision to assist an organized fire department or public safety department who is certified under National Fire Protection Association standard no. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Allegation: something that someone says happened.

Allegation: means an assertion of fact made by an individual that has not yet been proved or supported with evidence. See Michigan Laws 330.1772

Alternate payee: means a spouse of a participant under a judgment of separate maintenance, or a former spouse, child, or dependent of a participant, who is named in an eligible domestic relations order. See Michigan Laws 38.1702

Alternate valuation date: The earlier of the date six months after the decedent

Alternative program of care and treatment: means an outpatient program of care and treatment suitable to the individual's needs under the supervision of a psychiatrist that is developed in accordance with person-centered planning under section 712. See Michigan Laws 330.1500

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

Annual report: means the most recent audited financial statement reporting a local unit of government's liability for retirement pension benefits and retirement health benefits as determined under applicable government accounting standards of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Annual required contribution: means the sum of the normal cost payment and the annual amortization payment for past service costs to fund the unfunded actuarial accrued liability. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

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.

Appeals committee: means a committee appointed by the director or by the board of a community mental health services program or licensed hospital under section 774. See Michigan Laws 330.1772

Appellant: means the recipient, complainant, parent, or guardian who appeals a recipient rights finding or a respondent's action to an appeals committee. See Michigan Laws 330.1772

Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.

Application: means a written request to the probate register for an order of informal probate or informal appointment under part 3 of article III. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

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

Approved holding tank: means a holding tank certified by the United States coast guard under part 159 of subchapter O of chapter I of title 33 of the code of federal regulations, 33 C. See Michigan Laws 324.9501

Aquifer: means a geologic formation, group of formations, or part of a formation capable of yielding a significant amount of groundwater to wells or springs. See Michigan Laws 324.8501

Aquifer sensitivity: means a hydrogeologic function representing the inherent abilities of materials surrounding the aquifer to attenuate the movement of nitrogen fertilizers into that aquifer. See Michigan Laws 324.8501

Armed forces: means the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard or other military force designated by Congress as part of the Armed Forces of the United States, including the reserve components. See Michigan Laws 333.16103

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.

Ascertainable standard: means a standard relating to an individual's health, education, support, or maintenance within the meaning of section 2041(b)(1)(A) or 2514(c)(1) of the internal revenue code of 1986, 26 USC 2041 and 2514. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Assessment: means the amount levied against an owner of a transient facility within an assessment district, computed by application of the applicable percentage against aggregate room charges with respect to that transient facility during the applicable assessment period. See Michigan Laws 141.872

Assessment: means the amount levied against an owner of a transient facility within an assessment district computed by application of the applicable percentage against aggregate room charges with respect to that transient facility during the applicable assessment period. See Michigan Laws 141.882

Assessment: means the amount levied against an owner under this act. See Michigan Laws 141.892

Assessment district: means a municipality or combination of municipalities as described in a marketing program. See Michigan Laws 141.872

Assessment district: means a county having a population of more than 1,500,000 and, if so designated by the bureau in the marketing program notice, any county or counties contiguous with it. See Michigan Laws 141.882

Assessment district: means a municipality or a combination of municipalities as described in a marketing program. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Assessment district: means a combination of 2 or more adjoining municipalities as described in a marketing program. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Assessment district: means a municipality or a combination of municipalities as described in an event center financing program. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Assessment revenues: means the money derived from the assessment, including any interest and penalties on the assessment, imposed by this act. See Michigan Laws 141.872

Assessment revenues: means the money derived from the assessment, including any interest and penalties on the assessment, imposed by this act. See Michigan Laws 141.882

Assessment revenues: means the money collected by a regional marketing organization from the assessment, including any interest and penalties on the assessment, imposed under this act. See Michigan Laws 141.892

Assessment revenues: means the money derived from the assessment, including any interest and penalties on the assessment, imposed by this act. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Assessment revenues: means the money derived from the assessment, including any interest and penalties on the assessment, imposed by this act. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.

Assignment: means that a dentist has designated a patient of record on whom services are to be performed and has described the procedures to be performed. See Michigan Laws 333.16601

ASTM: means ASTM international, formerly the American society for testing and materials. See Michigan Laws 29.493

Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.

Attended terminal: means a terminal, other than a remote control terminal, where an individual knowledgeable in the aboveground liquid storage tank filling operation is physically in attendance and control during the entire delivery of a flammable liquid and has as his or her primary responsibility supervising the storage tank filling operation. See Michigan Laws 29.1

Attorney: means , if appointed to represent a child under the provisions referenced in section 5213, an attorney serving as the child's legal advocate in the manner defined and described in section 13a of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

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 finance authority created by Executive Reorganization Order No. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Authority: means a regional convention facility authority created under section 7. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Authority: means a convention facility authority created under section 4. See Michigan Laws 141.1403

Authorized individual: means an individual who by section 2959 or by the laws of the United States, including members of the diplomatic and consular service of the United States designated by foreign service regulations, is empowered to supervise the execution of international wills. See Michigan Laws 700.2951

Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.

Bank: means a bank that is organized under the laws of this state, any other state, the District of Columbia, or a territory or protectorate of the United States, or a national banking association chartered by the federal government under the national bank act, 12 USC 21 to 216d, and whose deposits are insured by an agency of the federal government. See Michigan Laws 490.102

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.

Base state: means the state selected by a motor carrier according to the procedures established by the uniform program. See Michigan Laws 29.472

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: includes , but is not limited to, the following:

(i) In relation to a trust, a person that is a trust beneficiary as defined in section 7103. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Beneficiary form: means a registration of a security that indicates the present owner of the security and the owner's intention regarding the person who will become the security's owner upon the owner's death. See Michigan Laws 700.6301

Benefit: means an annuity, a pension, a retirement allowance, or an optional benefit accrued or accruing to a participant under a retirement system or a postretirement subsidy payable to a participant under a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1702

Bequest: Property gifted by will.

Biosolids: means a product consisting in whole or in part of sewage sludge that is distributed to the public and that is disinfected by means of composting, pasteurization, wet air oxidation, heat treatment, or other means. See Michigan Laws 324.8501

Board: means the state fire safety board created in section 3b. See Michigan Laws 29.1

board: means the municipal stability board created in section 7. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Board: means the board of directors of an empowerment zone development corporation. See Michigan Laws 125.2565

Board: means the board of directors elected by the members of a bureau. See Michigan Laws 141.872

Board: means the board of directors of a bureau. See Michigan Laws 141.882

Board: means the board of directors elected by the members of a regional marketing organization. See Michigan Laws 141.892

Board: means the local emergency financial assistance loan board created under section 2. See Michigan Laws 141.931

Board: means the board of directors of the authority. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Board: means the board of directors of a bureau. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Board: means the board of directors of an authority. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Board: means the board of directors of an authority. See Michigan Laws 141.1403

Board: means the board of directors of a bureau. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Board: as used in this part means each board created in this article and as used in any other part covering a specific health profession means the board created in that part. See Michigan Laws 333.16103

Bonds: means bonds of the authority issued under this act with a maturity greater than 3 years. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Bonds or other evidences of indebtedness: means any instrument providing for the payment of money, executed by or on behalf of a public corporation or which a public corporation has assumed and agreed to pay, including, without limitation on the foregoing bonds, notes, contracts, leases and certificates, but shall not include bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to Act No. See Michigan Laws 141.151

Borrower: means a public corporation exercising the power to issue bonds as provided in this act or a county treasurer exercising the power to issue notes as provided in this act. See Michigan Laws 141.103

Borrower: means a member who obtains a loan from a credit union. See Michigan Laws 490.102

Branch: means , except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, an office or other place of business at which a credit union receives deposits, pays checks, or lends money. See Michigan Laws 490.102

Building: means a structure, framework, or place for housing 1 or more persons or a tank, receptacle, or container for the storage of commodities or other materials. See Michigan Laws 29.1

Bureau: means the bureau of fire services created in section 1b. See Michigan Laws 29.1

Bureau: means a nonprofit corporation existing to promote convention business or tourism within this state or a portion of this state. See Michigan Laws 141.872

Bureau: means a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the laws of this state existing solely to promote convention business and tourism within this state or a portion of this state, and which complies with all of the following:

(i) Has not less than 400 dues paying members, of which not less than 50 are owners of transient facilities. See Michigan Laws 141.882

(i) Has not less than 200 dues-paying members, of which not fewer than 25 are owners of transient facilities. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

(i) Has been actively engaged in promoting convention business and tourism for not less than 5 years. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Capitalization grant: means the federal grant made to this state by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for either of the following purposes:

(i) For the purpose of establishing a state water pollution control revolving fund, as provided in title VI of the federal water pollution control act, 33 USC 1381 to 1389. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Care or care placement services: means the provision of care, treatment, education, training, instruction, supervision, or recreation to a child, an elderly individual, or an individual with a disability. See Michigan Laws 28.832

Certificate: means a numbered document issued by the state fire marshal to a person who has obtained certification under this act. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Certification: means either of the following:

(i) A determination by the state fire marshal that a person meets the certification requirements for a position within the fire service, as established by the council under this act. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Chambers: A judge's office.

Charitable trust: means a trust, or portion of a trust, created for a charitable purpose described in section 7405(1) if the charitable purpose is a material purpose of the trust. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.

charter county: means a home rule county created under Act No. See Michigan Laws 330.1200a

Chief executive officer: means the mayor or city manager of a city, the president of a village, the supervisor of a township, or the county executive of a county or, if a county does not have a county executive, the chairperson of the county board of commissioners. See Michigan Laws 125.2565

Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.

chief of an organized fire department: means the chief operating officer of an organized fire department. See Michigan Laws 29.1

Child: means an individual who is less than 18 years of age and is not emancipated by operation of law as provided in section 4 of 1968 PA 293, MCL 722. See Michigan Laws 28.832

Child: means an individual less than 14 years of age. See Michigan Laws 330.1260

Child: includes , but is not limited to, an individual entitled to take as a child under this act by intestate succession from the parent whose relationship is involved. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Cigarette: means that term as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493

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

Claim: includes , but is not limited to, in respect to a decedent's or protected individual's estate, a liability of the decedent or protected individual, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, and a liability of the estate that arises at or after the decedent's death or after a conservator's appointment, including funeral and burial expenses and costs and expenses of administration. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Clerk: means the clerk of the municipality. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Clinical certificate: means the written conclusion and statements of a physician or a licensed psychologist that an individual is a person requiring treatment, together with the information and opinions, in reasonable detail, that underlie the conclusion, on the form prescribed by the department or on a substantially similar form. See Michigan Laws 330.1400

Combustible liquid: means a liquid with a flash point at or above 100 degrees Fahrenheit and below 200 degrees Fahrenheit. See Michigan Laws 29.1

Commission: means the Michigan law enforcement officers memorial monument fund commission created in section 4. See Michigan Laws 28.782

Commission: means the school safety commission created in section 5. See Michigan Laws 28.803

Commission: means the commission of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 324.301

Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 490.102

Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102

Community water supply: means a community water supply as defined in part 54 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Competent clinical opinion: means the clinical judgment of a physician, psychiatrist, or licensed psychologist. See Michigan Laws 330.1400

Complainant: means an individual who files a rights complaint. See Michigan Laws 330.1772

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

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.

conservation district: means a governmental subdivision of this state, and a public body corporate and politic, organized in accordance with this part, for the purposes, with the powers, and subject to the restrictions set forth in this part. See Michigan Laws 324.9301

conservation district board: means the governing body of a conservation district. See Michigan Laws 324.9301

Conservation species: means those plant species beneficial for conservation practices as included on the list prepared under section 9304a by the conservation species advisory panel. See Michigan Laws 324.9301

Conservation species advisory panel: means the conservation species advisory panel created in section 9304a. See Michigan Laws 324.9301

Conservator: means a person appointed by a court to manage a protected individual's estate. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

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

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

Controlled substance: means that term as defined in section 7104. See Michigan Laws 333.16103

Convention and entertainment facilities: means all, any part, or any combination of convention halls, auditoriums, stadiums, music halls, arenas, sports complexes, aquariums, meeting rooms, exhibit areas, and related public areas. See Michigan Laws 141.861

Convention facility: means all or any part of, or any combination of, a convention hall, auditorium, arena, meeting rooms, exhibition area, and related adjacent public areas that are generally available to the public for lease on a short-term basis for holding conventions, meetings, exhibits, and similar events, together with real or personal property, and easements above, on, or under the surface of real or personal property, used or intended to be used for holding conventions, meetings, exhibits, and similar events, together with appurtenant property, including walkways, bicycle paths, plazas, green space, parking lots or structures, and roads necessary or convenient for use in connection with the convention facility. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Convention facility: means all or any part of, or any combination of, a convention hall, auditorium, arena, sports facility, market, or other facility meeting rooms, exhibition area, and related adjacent public areas that are generally available to the public for lease or use, together with appurtenant property, including parking lots or structures, necessary and convenient for use in connection with the convention facility. See Michigan Laws 141.1403

Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.

Conviction: means a judgment entered by a court on a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill, or nolo contendere or on a jury verdict or court finding that a defendant is guilty or guilty but mentally ill. See Michigan Laws 333.16103

Corporate credit union: means a credit union whose field of membership consists primarily of other credit unions. See Michigan Laws 490.102

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 an empowerment zone development corporation organized under this act. See Michigan Laws 125.2565

Corrective action plan: means a plan that details the actions to be taken by a local unit of government to address and resolve the underfunded status of the local unit of government. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Cost of services: means the total operating and capital costs incurred by the department or a community mental health services program with respect to, or on behalf of, an individual. See Michigan Laws 330.1800

costs: means the costs of purchasing, acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging, extending, or repairing a public improvement, including any engineering, architectural, legal, accounting, financial, and other expenses incident to the public improvement. See Michigan Laws 141.103

Council: means the firefighters training council created under section 3. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.

County payment program: means the program authorized under chapter 192, 35 Stat. See Michigan Laws 141.1301

County treasurer: means an elected county treasurer or a county treasurer appointed under section 5 of 1923 PA 199, MCL 201. See Michigan Laws 141.103

Court: means the probate court for the county in which an individual, for whom a request for substance use disorder treatment and rehabilitation services has been made or a petition for involuntary treatment has been filed, either resides or is found. See Michigan Laws 330.1260

Court: means the probate court or the court with responsibility with regard to mental health services for the county in which a minor who has requested hospitalization, for whom a request for hospitalization has been made, or who has been hospitalized pursuant to this chapter either resides or was found. See Michigan Laws 330.1498b

Court: means the probate court or the court with responsibility with regard to mental health services for the county of residence of an individual with developmental disability, or for the county in which the individual was found if a county of residence cannot be determined. See Michigan Laws 330.1600

Court: means the probate court or the court with responsibility with regard to mental health services for the county of residence of the subject of a petition, or for the county in which the subject of a petition was found. See Michigan Laws 330.1400

Court: means the probate court or the court with responsibility with regard to mental health matters for the county in which an individual with a developmental disability resides or was found. See Michigan Laws 330.1500

Court: means the probate court or, when applicable, the family division of circuit court. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Covered individual: means an individual who meets any of the following requirements:

(i) Is employed by a qualified entity and has, seeks to have, or may have supervised or unsupervised access to a child, an elderly individual, or individual with a disability for whom the qualified entity provides care or care placement services. See Michigan Laws 28.832

Credit union: means a domestic or foreign credit union. See Michigan Laws 490.102

Credit union board: means a board of directors, board of trustees, or other governing body of a credit union. See Michigan Laws 490.102

Criminal abuse: means 1 or more of the following:

(i) An assault that is a violation or an attempt or conspiracy to commit a violation of section 81 to 90 of the Michigan penal code, Act No. See Michigan Laws 330.1700

Criminal history record information: means that term as defined in section 1a of 1925 PA 289, MCL 28. See Michigan Laws 28.832

Criteria for treatment: means the criteria specified in section 515 for admission of an adult with an intellectual disability to a facility, private facility, or alternative program of care and treatment under section 518. See Michigan Laws 330.1500

Cupping: means the placement of a specially designed cup on the body to create suction. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

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.

Delinquent tax revenues: means the delinquent taxes, interest, penalties and fees, and chargebacks of uncollected delinquent taxes due or to become due to local units of government to be collected by a county treasurer as agent for the local unit of government in connection with a delinquent tax system and pledged to any borrowing by a county treasurer under section 7b. See Michigan Laws 141.103

Delinquent tax system: means the delinquent tax revolving fund in any county created and designated under section 87b of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 141.103

Dental laboratory: means a dental workroom that is operated as a part of a dental office or otherwise, by a person, other than a dentist, who is engaged in, or holds himself, herself, or itself out as being directly or indirectly engaged in, constructing, repairing, or altering prosthetic dentures, bridges, orthodontic or other appliances, or structures to be used as substitutes for or as a part of human teeth or jaws or associated structures, or for the correction of malocclusions or deformities. See Michigan Laws 333.16601

Dentist: means an individual who is licensed under this article to engage in the practice of dentistry. See Michigan Laws 333.16601

Department: means the department of state police. See Michigan Laws 28.803

Department: means the department of state police. See Michigan Laws 28.832

Department: means the department of labor and economic growth. See Michigan Laws 29.1

Department: means the department of environmental quality. See Michigan Laws 29.472

Department: means the department of energy, labor, and economic growth. See Michigan Laws 29.493

Department: means the department of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 141.1301

Department: means the department of insurance and financial services. See Michigan Laws 500.102

Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301

Department: means the department of agriculture and rural development. See Michigan Laws 324.8501

Department: means the department of environmental quality. See Michigan Laws 324.8801

Department: means the department of agriculture and rural development. See Michigan Laws 324.9301

Department of natural resources: means the principal state department created in section 501. See Michigan Laws 324.301

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.

Depository library: means a depository library designated under section 10 of the library of Michigan act, 1982 PA 540, MCL 397. See Michigan Laws 141.422d

Dermal friction: means the use of repeated, closely timed, unidirectional press-stroking with a smooth-edged instrument over a lubricated area of the body. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Descendant: means , in relation to an individual, all of his or her descendants of all generations, with the relationship of parent and child at each generation being determined by the definitions of child and parent contained in this act. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Develop: means to plan, acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, maintain, renew, renovate, repair, replace, lease, equip, or furnish. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Devise: To gift property by will.

Devise: means , when used as a noun, a testamentary disposition of real or personal property and, when used as a verb, to dispose of real or personal property by will. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Devisee: means a person designated in a will to receive a devise. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Dietary counseling: means the process of advising a patient about healthy food choices and healthy eating habits in accordance with East Asian medical theory. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Director: means the director of the department of labor and economic growth. See Michigan Laws 29.1

Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 29.493

Director: means the president of the Michigan strategic fund or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 141.872

Director: means the president of the Michigan strategic fund or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 141.882

Director: means the president of the Michigan strategic fund or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 141.892

Director: means the director of the department of management and budget. See Michigan Laws 141.951

Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 141.1301

Director: means the chief executive officer of the Michigan economic development corporation or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Director: means the chief executive officer of the Michigan economic development corporation or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 490.102

Director: means , unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 500.102

Director: means the director of the department of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 324.301

Director: means the director of the department or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 324.8501

Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 324.8801

Director: means 1 of the members of the conservation district board, elected or appointed in accordance with this part. See Michigan Laws 324.9301

Disability: means cause for a protective order as described in section 5401. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Discharge: means spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping. See Michigan Laws 324.9501

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

Discretionary trust provision: means a provision in a trust, regardless of whether the terms of the trust provide a standard for the exercise of the trustee's discretion and regardless of whether the trust contains a spendthrift provision, that provides that the trustee has discretion, or words of similar import, to determine 1 or more of the following:

(i) Whether to distribute to or for the benefit of an individual or a class of beneficiaries the income or principal or both of the trust. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Dislocation: means complete disruption in the normal relationship of 2 bones forming a joint resulting in no contact of the articular surfaces. See Michigan Laws 333.16401

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

Distributee: means a person that receives a decedent's property from the decedent's personal representative or trust property from the trustee other than as a creditor or purchaser. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Distribution: means the amount of money a county receives under section 4 and 5. See Michigan Laws 141.472

Distributor: means any person who distributes fertilizer for sale or use in this state. See Michigan Laws 324.8501

Do-not-resuscitate order: means that term as defined in section 2 of the Michigan do-not-resuscitate procedure act, 1996 PA 193, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Docking facility: means a public, private, or commercial marina, yacht club, dock, or wharf used for mooring, serving, or otherwise handling watercraft. See Michigan Laws 324.9501

Domestic credit union: means a cooperative, nonprofit entity organized under this act for the purposes of encouraging thrift among its members, providing a variety of financial services to its members, and providing an opportunity for its members to use and control their own money on a democratic basis in order to improve their economic and social condition. See Michigan Laws 490.102

Domestic relations order: means a judgment, decree, or order of a court made according to the domestic relations law of this state and relating to the provision of alimony payments, child support, or marital property rights to a spouse of a participant under a judgment of separate maintenance, or to a former spouse, child, or dependent of a participant. See Michigan Laws 38.1702

Donee: The recipient of a gift.

Donor: The person who makes a gift.

drain: whenever used in this act , shall include the main stream or trunk and all tributaries or branches of any creek or river, any watercourse or ditch, either open or closed, any covered drain, any sanitary or any combined sanitary and storm sewer or storm sewer or conduit composed of tile, brick, concrete, or other material, any structures or mechanical devices, that will properly purify the flow of such drains, any pumping equipment necessary to assist or relieve the flow of such drains and any levee, dike, barrier, or a combination of any or all of same constructed, or proposed to be constructed, for the purpose of drainage or for the purification of the flow of such drains, but shall not include any dam and flowage rights used in connection therewith which is used for the generation of power by a public utility subject to regulation by the public service commission. See Michigan Laws 280.3

Dry needling: means a rehabilitative procedure using filiform needles to penetrate the skin or underlying tissues by targeting only myofascial trigger points and muscular and connective tissues to affect change in body structures and functions for the evaluation and management of neuromusculoskeletal pain and movement impairment. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Earliest retirement date: means the earliest date on which a participant meets all of the requirements for retirement under a retirement system except for termination of employment. See Michigan Laws 38.1702

East Asian medicine techniques: includes , but is not limited to, acupuncture, manual therapy, moxibustion, heat therapy, dietary counseling, therapeutic exercise, acupressure, cupping, dermal friction, homeopathy, lifestyle coaching, and treatment with herbal medicines. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

EDRO: means a domestic relations order that is considered an eligible domestic relations order under section 11 or that meets all of the following requirements:

(i) The domestic relations order states the names and last known addresses of the participant and alternate payee. See Michigan Laws 38.1702

Elderly individual: means an individual who is 65 years of age or older. See Michigan Laws 28.832

Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) ^{Source: OCC}

Eligible entity: means a law enforcement agency or organized fire department that is prescribed auto-injectable epinephrine. See Michigan Laws 28.821

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}

Employee: means an individual holding a position by election, appointment, or employment in a local unit of government. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

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.

Environmental law: means a federal, state, or local law, rule, regulation, or ordinance that relates to the protection of the environment or human health. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

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}

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

Estate: includes the property of the decedent, trust, or other person whose affairs are subject to this act as the property is originally constituted and as it exists throughout administration. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Estimated equalized value: means 50% of the final estimated value of a state facility as determined by the director. See Michigan Laws 141.951

Evaluation system: means the local government retirement and benefits fiscal impact evaluation system created under section 5 to provide for the identification of, and a corrective action plan to resolve, the underfunded status of a local unit of government under this act. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Event center: means all or any part, or any combination of convention halls, auditoriums, stadiums, music halls, arenas, meeting rooms, exhibit areas, and related public areas owned by a municipality or related event center authority. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Event center financing program: means a program established by a municipality to plan, develop, design, and construct an event center. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Event center financing program notice: means the notice described in section 3. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

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.

Excise tax: means the excise tax levied by a county or local unit of government under this act. See Michigan Laws 141.861

Executive secretary: means the executive secretary of the council. See Michigan Laws 29.362

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

Exempt property: means property of a decedent's estate that is described in section 2404. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Facility: means all of the following that regularly admit individuals with developmental disability and provide residential and other services:

(i) A facility as defined in section 100b. See Michigan Laws 330.1600

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.

Family allowance: means the allowance prescribed in section 2403. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Federal credit union: means a credit union that is organized under the laws of the United States. See Michigan Laws 490.102

Federal safe drinking water act: means 42 USC 300f to 300j-25. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Federal water pollution control act: means 33 USC 1251 to 1389. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Felony: means a violation of the laws of this state, another state, or the United States that is designated as a felony. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Felony arising out of his or her service as a public employee: means 1 or more of the following:

(i) A felony resulting from the misuse of public funds. See Michigan Laws 38.2702

Fertilizer: means a substance containing 1 or more recognized plant nutrients, which substance is used for its plant nutrient content and which is designed for use, or claimed to have value, in promoting plant growth. See Michigan Laws 324.8501

Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.

Fiduciary: includes , but is not limited to, a personal representative, funeral representative, guardian, conservator, trustee, plenary guardian, partial guardian, and successor fiduciary. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Filed with the retirement system: means that the retirement system has determined that the domestic relations order submitted for filing is acceptable as an EDRO. See Michigan Laws 38.1702

Financial institution: means an organization authorized to do business under state or federal laws relating to a financial institution and includes, but is not limited to, a bank, trust company, savings bank, building and loan association, savings and loan company or association, credit union, insurance company, and entity that offers mutual fund, securities brokerage, money market, or retail investment accounts. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Fire alarm system: means an assemblage of components that indicates or provides a warning of a fire emergency, installation of which is required by the bureau under rules promulgated under section 3c. See Michigan Laws 29.1

Fire chief: means the individual who serves as the administrative head of an organized fire department. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Fire hazard: means a building, premises, place, or thing that, because of its nature, location, occupancy, condition, or use, may cause loss, damage, or injury to persons or property by fire, explosion, or action of the elements. See Michigan Laws 29.1

Fire inspector: means an employee of or volunteer assigned by a political subdivision to assist an organized fire department or public safety department whose job description, duties, or responsibilities include, or who is in a capacity that includes responsibility for, inspecting property for fire code violations and enforcing the general fire codes of the jurisdiction that he or she serves. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Fire instructor: means an employee of or volunteer assigned by a political subdivision to assist an organized fire department or public safety department, or other individual who is certified to instruct 1 or more council-approved fire service training programs. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Fire investigator: means an employee of or volunteer assigned by a political subdivision to assist an organized fire department or public safety department who is certified under National Fire Protection Association standard no. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Fire officer: means a current member of an organized fire department or public safety department assigned a rank above firefighter who is responsible for, or is in a capacity that includes responsibility for, performing supervisory or management responsibilities of an emergency or nonemergency nature within his or her organized fire department or public safety department. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Fire service: means the engaging in the directing or management of emergency response activities, fire safety prevention inspection, plans examination, fire investigation, hazardous material response, technical rescue response, airport rescue response, airport rescue firefighting, fire service instruction, and the enforcement of the general fire laws of this state and the communities therein by fire service members and organized fire departments and public safety departments. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Fire service discipline: means each of the respective certifiable fire service positions included under this act. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Fire suppression system: means an integrated combination of a fire alarm system and fire suppression equipment that, as a result of predetermined temperature, rate of temperature rise, products of combustion, flame, or human intervention, will discharge a fire extinguishing substance over a fire area, installation of which is required by the bureau under rules promulgated under section 3c. See Michigan Laws 29.1

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

Firefighter: means that term as defined in section 1 of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29. See Michigan Laws 28.821

Firefighter: means a member of an organized fire department, including a volunteer member or a member paid on call, who is responsible for, or is in a capacity that includes responsibility for, the extinguishment of fires, the directing of the extinguishment of fires, the prevention and detection of fires, and the enforcement of the general fire laws of this state. See Michigan Laws 29.1

Firefighter: means that term as defined in section 2 of the firefighters training council act, 1966 PA 291, MCL 29. See Michigan Laws 29.331

Firefighter: means a member of an organized fire department or public safety department who is responsible for, or is in a capacity that includes responsibility for, the extinguishment of fires, the directing of the extinguishment of fires, the directing or management of emergency response activities, fire safety prevention inspection, plans examination, fire investigation, hazardous materials response, technical rescue response, airport rescue response, airport rescue firefighting, fire service instruction, and the enforcement of the general fire laws of this state and the community where he or she serves. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Firefighter training: means that term as defined in section 2 of the firefighters training council act, 1966 PA 291, MCL 29. See Michigan Laws 29.331

Firefighter training: means an education or training program including a program eligible to receive funding from the fireworks safety fund created in section 11 of the Michigan fireworks safety act, 2011 PA 256, MCL 28. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Firm: means a sole proprietorship, partnership, association, or corporation. See Michigan Laws 29.1

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.

Fiscal year: means , unless otherwise provided in this act, the fiscal year of the municipality applying for a loan under this act. See Michigan Laws 141.931

Fiscal year: means an annual period that begins on October 1 and ends on September 30 or the fiscal year for an authority established by the board of the authority. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Fixed Rate: Having a "fixed" rate means that the APR doesn't change based on fluctuations of some external rate (such as the "Prime Rate"). In other words, a fixed rate is a rate that is not a variable rate. A fixed APR can change over time, in several circumstances:

You are late making a payment or commit some other default, triggering an increase to a penalty rate
The bank changes the terms of your account and you do not reject the change.
The rate expires (if the rate was fixed for only a certain period of time).

Flammable liquid: means a liquid with a flash point below 100 degrees Fahrenheit and a vapor pressure that does not exceed 40 pounds per square inch absolute at 100 degrees Fahrenheit. See Michigan Laws 29.1

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 credit union: means a credit union organized under the laws of another state or territory of the United States or a federal credit union. See Michigan Laws 490.102

Foreign personal representative: means a personal representative appointed by another jurisdiction. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

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}

Formal proceedings: means proceedings conducted before a judge with notice to interested persons. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Formal voluntary hospitalization: means hospitalization of an individual based on both of the following:

(i) The execution of an application for voluntary hospitalization by the individual or by a patient advocate designated under the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700. See Michigan Laws 330.1400

Former employee: means an individual who was an employee who terminated employment with the applicable local unit of government. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

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: means employment during which an individual works scheduled shifts, is paid for all hours he or she works, and works sufficient hours weekly to be classified as a full-time employee by the applicable employing political subdivision. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Fully marketable form: means a municipal obligation duly executed and accompanied by all of the following:

(i) An approving legal opinion of a bond counsel approved by the authority and of nationally recognized standing in the field of municipal law. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Fund: means the environmental pollution prevention fund created in section 11130 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 29.472

Fund: means a budget stabilization fund. See Michigan Laws 141.441

Fund: means the health and safety fund created in section 3. See Michigan Laws 141.472

Fund: means the convention facility authority fund created for each authority as provided in section 10. See Michigan Laws 141.1403

Fund: means the fertilizer control fund created under section 8514. See Michigan Laws 324.8501

Fund: means the clean water fund created in section 8807. See Michigan Laws 324.8801

Funeral establishment: means that term as defined in section 1801 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Funeral representative: means an individual designated to have the right and power to make decisions about funeral arrangements and the handling, disposition, or disinterment of a decedent's body, including, but not limited to, decisions about cremation, and the right to possess cremated remains of the decedent as provided in section 3206. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Funeral representative designation: means a written document executed and with the effect as described in section 3206 to 3206b. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

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

General fund operating revenues: means the sum of all governmental activity fund revenues of a local unit of government as determined by the state treasurer based on applicable government accounting standards of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

General personal representative: means a personal representative other than a special personal representative. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.

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 the body in which the legislative powers of a municipality are vested. See Michigan Laws 125.2565

Governing body: means for a county, the board of commissioners; for a city, the body having legislative powers; for a village, the body having legislative powers; for a township, the township board; for a school district, the board of education; for a port district, the port commission; for a metropolitan district, the legislative body of the district; for a municipal health facilities corporation, the board of trustees; for a nonprofit subsidiary municipal health facilities corporation, the nonprofit subsidiary board; and for an authority, the body in which is lodged general governing powers. See Michigan Laws 141.103

Governing instrument: means a deed; will; trust; funeral representative designation; insurance or annuity policy; account with POD designation; security registered in beneficiary form (TOD); pension, profit-sharing, retirement, or similar benefit plan; instrument creating or exercising a power of appointment or a power of attorney; or dispositive, appointive, or nominative instrument of any similar type. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

governmental: includes the government of this state, the government of the United States, and any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them. See Michigan Laws 324.9301

Governmental unit: means this state, a county, city, township, village, school district, intermediate school district, community college, public university, authority, district, any other body corporate and politic or other political subdivision, any agency or instrumentality of the foregoing, or any group self-insurance pool formed pursuant to 1951 PA 35, MCL 124. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Grant: means a nonpoint source pollution prevention and control grant or a wellhead protection grant under this part. See Michigan Laws 324.8801

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

Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.

grantor: may be construed as including every person from or by whom any estate in lands passes in or by any deed. See Michigan Laws 8.3e

Gross estate: The total fair market value of all property and property interests, real and personal, tangible and intangible, of which a decedent had beneficial ownership at the time of death before subtractions for deductions, debts, administrative expenses, and casualty losses suffered during estate administration.

Groundwater: means underground water within the zone of saturation. See Michigan Laws 324.8501

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.

Guardian: means a person who has qualified as a guardian of a minor or a legally incapacitated individual under a parental or spousal nomination or a court appointment and includes a limited guardian as described in sections 5205, 5206, and 5306. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.

Hazardous material: means explosives, pyrotechnics, flammable gas, flammable compressed gas, nonflammable compressed gas, flammable liquid, combustible liquid, oxidizing material, poisonous gas, poisonous liquid, irritating material, etiologic material, radioactive material, corrosive material, or liquefied petroleum gas. See Michigan Laws 29.1

Hazardous materials: means any chemical, substance, compound, mixture, or other material defined as, designated as, listed as, or having the same characteristics as any chemical substance, compound, mixture, or material defined as, designated as, or listed as hazardous under federal or state law or regulations. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Hazardous materials: means any of the following:

(i) "Hazardous waste" as that term is defined in section 11103 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 29.472

Hazardous materials responder: means an employee of or volunteer assigned by a political subdivision to assist an organized fire department or public safety department who is certified under National Fire Protection Association standard no. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Hazardous materials response: means any response to an event involving any chemical, substance, compound, mixture, or other material defined as, designated as, listed as, or having the same characteristics as any substance, compound, mixture, or material defined as, designated as, or listed as hazardous under federal or state law or regulation. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Hazardous substance: means a substance defined as hazardous or toxic or otherwise regulated by an environmental law. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Health care corporation: means a nonprofit health care corporation operating under the nonprofit health care corporation reform act, Act No. See Michigan Laws 330.1700

Health care insurer: means an insurer authorized to provide health insurance in this state or a legal entity that is self-insured and provides health care benefits to its employees. See Michigan Laws 330.1700

Health facility or agency: means that term as defined in article 17 of the public health code, Act No. See Michigan Laws 29.411

Health maintenance organization: means an organization licensed under part 210 of the public health code, Act No. See Michigan Laws 330.1700

Health maintenance organization: means that term as defined in section 3501. See Michigan Laws 500.106

Health professional: means an individual licensed or otherwise authorized to engage in a health profession under article 15 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 330.1260

Heat therapy: means the use of heat in therapy, such as for pain relief and health. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Heir: means , except as controlled by section 2720, a person, including the surviving spouse or the state, that is entitled under the statutes of intestate succession to a decedent's property. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Herbal medicine: means the internal and external use of a plant or a plant extract, a mineral, or an animal product, that is not a prescription drug as that term is defined in section 17708. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Homeopathy: means the use of a highly diluted natural remedy from the plant, mineral, and animal domain. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Homestead allowance: means the allowance prescribed in section 2402. See Michigan Laws 700.1104

Hospital: means a hospital licensed under part 215 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 330.1260

Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.

Impervious surface: means a paved highway, street, sidewalk, parking lot, driveway, or other outdoor structure that prevents infiltration of water into the soil. See Michigan Laws 324.8501

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

Incapacitated individual: means an individual who is impaired by reason of mental illness, mental deficiency, physical illness or disability, chronic use of drugs, chronic intoxication, or other cause, not including minority, to the extent of lacking sufficient understanding or capacity to make or communicate informed decisions. See Michigan Laws 700.1105

Income tax collections: means the total collection of a municipality under the city income tax act, 1964 PA 284, MCL 141. See Michigan Laws 141.931

Income tax revenue growth rate: means the quotient of the following:

(i) The numerator is the income tax collections of the municipality for the calendar year immediately preceding the municipality's application for a loan under this act. See Michigan Laws 141.931

Incompetence: means a departure from, or failure to conform to, minimal standards of acceptable and prevailing practice for a health profession, whether or not actual injury to an individual occurs. See Michigan Laws 333.16106

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: means the individual, minor or adult, who receives services from the department or a community mental health services program or from a provider under contract with the department or a community mental health services program. See Michigan Laws 330.1800

Individual with a disability: means an individual with a mental or physical impairment who requires assistance to perform 1 or more daily living tasks. See Michigan Laws 28.832

Informal proceedings: means proceedings for probate of a will or appointment of a personal representative conducted by the probate register without notice to interested persons. See Michigan Laws 700.1105

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.

Inpatient services: means 24-hour care and treatment services provided by a state facility or a licensed hospital. See Michigan Laws 330.1800

Institution of higher education: means a college or university described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963 or a junior college or community college established pursuant to section 7 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963. See Michigan Laws 29.411

Insurance benefits: means payments made in accordance with insurance coverage for the cost of health care services provided to an individual. See Michigan Laws 330.1800

insurance contract: means a contract of insurance, indemnity, suretyship, or annuity issued or proposed or intended for issuance by a person engaged in the business of insurance. See Michigan Laws 500.116

Insurance coverage: means any policy, plan, program, or fund established or maintained for the purpose of providing for its participants or their dependents medical, surgical, or hospital benefits. See Michigan Laws 330.1800

Insurer: means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal exchange, inter-insurer, Lloyds organization, fraternal benefit society, or other legal entity, engaged or attempting to engage in the business of making insurance or surety contracts. See Michigan Laws 500.106

Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.

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}

Interested person or entity: means an adult relative or friend of the respondent, an official or representative of a public or private agency, corporation, or association concerned with the individual's welfare, or any other person found suitable by the court. See Michigan Laws 330.1600

Interests of the trust beneficiaries: means the beneficial interests provided in the terms of the trust. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

International will: means a will executed in conformity with this part. See Michigan Laws 700.2951

Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.

Investigation: means a detailed inquiry into and systematic examination of an allegation raised in a rights complaint. See Michigan Laws 330.1772

Involuntary mental health treatment: means court-ordered hospitalization, assisted outpatient treatment, or combined hospitalization and assisted outpatient treatment as described in section 468. See Michigan Laws 330.1400

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

Issue: means an individual's descendant. See Michigan Laws 700.1105

Jail facility: means a jail, holding cell, holding center, or lockup as those terms are defined in section 62 of Act No. See Michigan Laws 141.472

Joint dysfunction: means a joint that is impaired so that it does not function properly. See Michigan Laws 333.16401

Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement

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.

Juror: A person who is on the jury.

Juvenile facility: means a county facility or an institution operated as an agency of the county or the juvenile division of the probate court for the housing or detention of juveniles. See Michigan Laws 141.472

Label: means any written, printed, or graphic matter on or attached to packaged fertilizer or used to identify fertilizer distributed in bulk or held in bulk storage. See Michigan Laws 324.8501

Law enforcement agency: means that term as defined in section 2 of the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28. See Michigan Laws 28.821

Law enforcement officer: means that term as defined in section 2 of the commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28. See Michigan Laws 28.782

Law enforcement officer: means that term as defined in section 2 of the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28. See Michigan Laws 28.821

Lawyer-guardian ad litem: means an attorney appointed under section 5213 or 5219 who has the powers and duties referenced by and provided in section 5213. See Michigan Laws 700.1105

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: includes , but is not limited to, an oil, gas, or other mineral lease. See Michigan Laws 700.1105

Legal tender: coins, dollar bills, or other currency issued by a government as official money. ^{Source: U.S. Mint}

Legally incapacitated individual: means an individual, other than a minor, for whom a guardian is appointed under this act or an individual, other than a minor, who has been adjudged by a court to be an incapacitated individual. See Michigan Laws 700.1105

Legislative body: means the board, council, commission, or other body having legislative or general governing power of a public corporation. See Michigan Laws 141.162

Legislative body: means any of the following:

(a) The council, commission, or other entity vested with the legislative power of a village. See Michigan Laws 141.422d

Legislative body: means the elected body of a local government possessing the legislative power of the local government. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Letters: includes , but is not limited to, letters testamentary, letters of guardianship, letters of administration, and letters of conservatorship. See Michigan Laws 700.1105

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

License: except as otherwise provided in this subsection and section 17708(2), means an authorization issued under this article to practice where practice would otherwise be unlawful. See Michigan Laws 333.16106

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

Lifestyle coaching: means the process of advising a patient about healthy lifestyle choices and habits in accordance with East Asian medical theory. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

lighting authority: means a lighting authority created under the municipal lighting authority act. See Michigan Laws 141.1152

Limitation: means an action by which a board imposes restrictions or conditions, or both, on a license. See Michigan Laws 333.16106

Limited license: means a license to which restrictions or conditions, or both, as to scope of practice, place of practice, supervision of practice, duration of licensed status, or type or condition of patient or client served are imposed by a board. See Michigan Laws 333.16106

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

Litter: means any of the following:

(i) Rubbish, refuse, waste material, garbage, offal, paper, glass, cans, bottles, trash, debris, or other foreign substances. See Michigan Laws 324.8901

Litter: means rubbish, refuse, waste material, garbage, offal, paper, glass, cans, bottles, trash, debris, oil, or other foreign substances of every kind and description. See Michigan Laws 324.9501

Local administration: means administration by a personal representative appointed in this state under an appointment proceeding described in article III. See Michigan Laws 700.4101

Local chief executive officer: means the mayor or city manager of a city or the county executive of a county or, if a county does not have a county executive, the chairperson of the county board of commissioners. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Local governing body: means the body in which the legislative powers of a local unit of government are vested. See Michigan Laws 141.861

Local government: means a county or city. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Local health department: means that term as defined in section 1105 of the public health code, Act No. See Michigan Laws 141.472

Local personal representative: includes a personal representative appointed in this state under an appointment proceeding described in article III and excludes a foreign personal representative who acquires the power of a local personal representative under section 4203. See Michigan Laws 700.4101

local unit: means a county, township, city, village, authority or school district empowered by the constitution or by law to prepare budgets of estimated expenditures and revenues. See Michigan Laws 141.411

local unit: means a municipality or county. See Michigan Laws 324.301

Local unit of government: means any of the following:

(i) A city. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Local unit of government: means a city or township. See Michigan Laws 141.861

Lot: means an identifiable quantity of fertilizer that can be sampled officially according to methods adopted under section 8510, that is contained in a single vehicle, or that is delivered under a single invoice. See Michigan Laws 324.8501

MAEAP: means the Michigan agriculture environmental assurance program as that term is defined in part 87. See Michigan Laws 324.8801

Majority leader: see Floor Leaders

Manipulated manure: means animal or vegetable manure that is ground, pelletized, mechanically dried, packaged, supplemented with plant nutrients or other substances other than phosphorus, or otherwise treated in a manner to assist with the sale or distribution of the manure as a fertilizer or soil or plant additive. See Michigan Laws 324.8501

Manual therapy: means the application of an accurately determined and specifically directed manual force to the body, excluding a high-velocity, low-amplitude thrust to the spine. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Manufacturer: means any of the following:

(i) A manufacturer as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493

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

Marine sanitation device: means equipment designed for installation on board a watercraft or installed on board a watercraft to receive, retain, treat, or discharge sewage. See Michigan Laws 324.9501

Marital deduction: The deduction(s) that can be taken in the determination of gift and estate tax liabilities because of the existence of a marriage or marital relationship.

Marketing program: means a program established by a bureau to develop, encourage, solicit, and promote convention business or tourism within this state or a portion of this state within which the bureau operates. See Michigan Laws 141.872

Marketing program: means a program established by a bureau to develop, encourage, solicit, and promote convention business and tourism within this state or a portion of this state within which the bureau operates. See Michigan Laws 141.882

Marketing program: means a program established by a bureau to develop, encourage, solicit, and promote regional convention business and tourism within this state or a portion of this state within which the bureau operates. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Marketing program notice: means the notice described in section 3. See Michigan Laws 141.872

Marketing program notice: means the notice described in section 3. See Michigan Laws 141.882

Marketing program notice: means the notice described in section 3. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Marketing program notice: means the notice described in section 3. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Master plan: means the comprehensive, long-range master plan developed by the Michigan travel commission and the travel bureau under section 2c of the Michigan tourism policy act, 1945 PA 106, MCL 2. See Michigan Laws 141.872

member: means a person described in subdivision (a), (h), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (u), (aa), (dd), (ff), or (ii). See Michigan Laws 29.362

Member: means a member, vested former member, deferred member, or participant of a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.2702

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

(i) A physician who is licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine and surgery in this state under article 15 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Mental illness: means a substantial disorder of thought or mood that significantly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to cope with the ordinary demands of life. See Michigan Laws 330.1400

Michigan prudent investor rule: means the fiduciary investment and management rule prescribed by part 5 of this article. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Minor: means an individual 14 or more years of age and less than 18 years of age. See Michigan Laws 330.1260

Minor: means an individual who is less than 18 years of age. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Minor requiring treatment: means either of the following:

(i) A minor with a substantial disorder of thought or mood that significantly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to cope with the ordinary demands of life. See Michigan Laws 330.1498b

Minor ward: means a minor for whom a guardian is appointed solely because of minority. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Minority leader: See Floor Leaders

Money: means any legal tender, note, draft, certificate of deposit, stock, bond, check, or credit card. See Michigan Laws 330.1700

Money: means legal tender or a note, draft, certificate of deposit, stock, bond, check, or credit card. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

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 Michigan police officers memorial monument fund created in section 3. See Michigan Laws 28.782

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

Mortgage: means a conveyance, agreement, or arrangement in which property is encumbered or used as security. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

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.

Motor carrier: means a person engaged in the transportation of hazardous materials by highway. See Michigan Laws 29.472

Moxibustion: means burning the dried plant Artemisia vulgaris on or very near the surface of the skin as a form of therapy. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Municipal obligation: means a bond or note or evidence of debt issued by a governmental unit for a purpose authorized by law. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Municipality: means a county, city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 125.2565

Municipality: means a county, city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 141.441

Municipality: means a county with a population of less than 650,000 or a city, village, or township within a county with a population of less than 650,000. See Michigan Laws 141.872

Municipality: means a county, city, village, or township in this state. See Michigan Laws 141.931

Municipality: means a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 141.951

Municipality: means a city, county, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Municipality: means a county with a population of more than 80,000 and less than 115,000 and that contains a city with a population of more than 35,000 and less than 45,000, at the time the marketing notice is filed with the director, and that shares a border with a county that levies a tax on accommodations under 1974 PA 263, MCL 141. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Municipality: means 1 of the following:

(i) A county having a population of greater than 250,000 and less than 300,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census and that levies an excise tax under 1974 PA 263, MCL 141. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Municipality: means a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 324.301

Musculoskeletal system: means the system of muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, joints, and associated tissues that moves the body and maintains its form. See Michigan Laws 333.16401

National forest: means federally owned land for which money is paid to the state under the county payment program, as that land is situated on June 30 of the fiscal year for which the money is paid. See Michigan Laws 141.1301

Natural fertilizer: means a substance composed only of natural organic, natural inorganic, or both types of fertilizer materials and natural fillers. See Michigan Laws 324.8501

Net revenues: means the revenues of a public improvement remaining after deducting the reasonable expenses of administration, operation, and maintenance of the public improvement. See Michigan Laws 141.103

Net worth: means the sum of a credit union's undivided earnings and reserves. See Michigan Laws 490.103

New York fire safety standards for cigarettes: means the New York executive law, section 156-c, and the New York fire safety standards for cigarettes, New York compilation of codes, rules, and regulations, title 19, section 429. See Michigan Laws 29.493

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.

Noncommercial transportation: means the occasional transportation of personal property by an individual not for compensation or in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise, and transportation not regulated under the motor carrier safety act of 1963, 1963 PA 181, MCL 480. See Michigan Laws 29.1

Noncommunity water supply: means a noncommunity water supply as defined in part 54 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Nonpoint source pollution: means water pollution from diffuse sources, including runoff from precipitation or snowmelt contaminated through contact with pollutants in the soil or on other surfaces and either infiltrating into the groundwater or being discharged to surface waters, or runoff or wind causing erosion of soil into surface waters. See Michigan Laws 324.8801

Nonprofit dental care corporation: means a dental care corporation incorporated under Act No. See Michigan Laws 330.1700

Nonresident decedent: means a decedent who was domiciled in another jurisdiction at the time of the decedent's death. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Nonresidential services: means care or treatment services that are not inpatient or residential services. See Michigan Laws 330.1800

Normal cost: means the annual service cost of retirement health benefits as they are earned during active employment of employees of the local unit of government in the applicable fiscal year, using an individual entry-age normal and level percent of pay actuarial cost method. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Notes: means an obligation of the authority issued as provided in this act, including commercial paper, with a maturity of 3 years or less. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

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.

Office: means all of the following:

(i) With respect to a rights complaint involving services provided directly by or under contract with the department, unless the provider is a community mental health services program, the state office of recipient rights created under section 754. See Michigan Laws 330.1772

Officer: means the village president, clerk, or treasurer, a village trustee, or an appointed person authorized by the council. See Michigan Laws 61.1a

Officer: means the chairperson of the board, the vice-chairperson of the board, the secretary, the treasurer, the general manager, an individual whose title is "president" an assistant treasurer, or an assistant secretary of a credit union, or any other individual who is specifically designated as an officer of a credit union by the credit union board. See Michigan Laws 490.103

Official: means a member of a credit union board or an officer, member of a credit committee or supervisory committee, or member of any other committee performing functions similar to a credit committee or supervisory committee, of a credit union. See Michigan Laws 490.103

Oil: means oil of any kind or in any form, including petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, and oil refuse. See Michigan Laws 324.9501

Open-end credit: A credit agreement (typically a credit card) that allows a customer to borrow against a preapproved credit line when purchasing goods and services. The borrower is only billed for the amount that is actually borrowed plus any interest due. (Also called a charge account or revolving credit.) ^{Source: OCC}

Oral argument: An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.

Order: means the legislative enactment of a county treasurer's powers under this act. See Michigan Laws 141.103

Order: means a cease and desist order issued under section 8511. See Michigan Laws 324.8501a

Ordinance: means an ordinance, resolution, or other appropriate legislative enactment of the governing body of a public corporation. See Michigan Laws 141.103

Ordinance: means an ordinance enacted by a county or local unit of government under this act to levy, assess, and collect an excise tax. See Michigan Laws 141.861

Organization: means a corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, or joint venture; governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation; or another legal or commercial entity. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Organized fire department: means that term as defined in section 1 of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29. See Michigan Laws 28.821

Organized fire department: means a department, authority, or other governmental entity that safeguards life and property from damage from explosion, fire, or disaster and that provides fire suppression and other related services in this state. See Michigan Laws 29.1

Organized fire department: means that term as defined in section 2 of the firefighters training council act, 1966 PA 291, MCL 29. See Michigan Laws 29.331

Organized fire department: means that term as defined in section 1 of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29. See Michigan Laws 29.362

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

Owner: means a person with an ownership interest in property, and includes a trustee, a board of trustees of property, and a person with a freehold interest in property. See Michigan Laws 29.1

Owner: means the owner of a transient facility to be served by the bureau or, if the transient facility is operated or managed by a person other than the owner, then the operator or manager of that transient facility. See Michigan Laws 141.872

Owner: means the owner of a transient facility located within the assessment district or, if the transient facility is operated or managed by a person other than the owner, then the operator or manager of that transient facility. See Michigan Laws 141.882

Owner: means the owner of a transient facility that is located within the regional assessment district or, if the transient facility is operated or managed by a person other than the owner, then the operator or manager of that transient facility. See Michigan Laws 141.892

Paid on-call: means employment during which an individual works on an on-call basis, is paid for all hours he or she works, and only occasionally works scheduled shifts. See Michigan Laws 29.362

paid on-call firefighter: means an individual who is charged with the prevention or suppression of fires and who is directly engaged in the hazards of firefighting or in charge of a designated fire company or companies that are directly engaged in the hazards of firefighting on a volunteer or paid on-call basis. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Parent: includes , but is not limited to, an individual entitled to take, or who would be entitled to take, as a parent under this act by intestate succession from a child who dies without a will and whose relationship is in question. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Parents: means the legal father and mother of an unmarried individual who is less than 18 years of age. See Michigan Laws 330.1800

Park: means an area of land or water, or both, dedicated to 1 or more of the following uses:

(i) Recreational purposes, including but not limited to landscaped tracts; picnic grounds; playgrounds; athletic fields; camps; campgrounds; zoological and botanical gardens; swimming, boating, hunting, fishing, and birding areas; and foot and bridle paths. See Michigan Laws 141.321

Part-time: means employment during which an individual is paid for all hours he or she works and works scheduled shifts but works fewer hours weekly than the hours necessary to be classified as a full-time employee by the applicable employing political subdivision. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Partial guardian: means a guardian who possesses fewer than all of the legal rights and powers of a plenary guardian, and whose rights, powers, and duties have been specifically enumerated by court order. See Michigan Laws 330.1600

Partial guardian: means that term as defined in section 600 of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Participant: means a member, deferred member, vested former member, deceased former member, or retirant under the retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1702

Participating state: means a state electing to participate in the uniform program by entering a base state agreement. See Michigan Laws 29.472

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 advocate: means an individual designated to exercise powers concerning another individual's care, custody, and medical or mental health treatment or authorized to make an anatomical gift on behalf of another individual, or both, as provided in section 5506. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Patient advocate designation: means the written document executed and with the effect as described in section 5506 to 5515. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, or voluntary association. See Michigan Laws 29.1

Person: means a natural person, partnership, fiduciary, association, corporation, or other entity. See Michigan Laws 141.861

Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, governmental entity, or any other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 490.103

Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 324.301

Person: means an individual or an organization. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Person: means an individual, partnership, association, firm, limited liability company, or corporation. See Michigan Laws 324.8501a

Person: means an individual, partnership, or corporation. See Michigan Laws 324.9301

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

Person in loco parentis: means an individual who is not the parent or guardian of a child or minor but who has legal custody of the child or minor and is providing support and care for the child or minor. See Michigan Laws 330.1260

Person in loco parentis: means a person who is not the parent or guardian of a minor, but who has either legal custody of a minor or physical custody of a minor and is providing support and care for the minor. See Michigan Laws 330.1498c

person requiring treatment: means (a), (b), or (c):

(a) An individual who has mental illness, and who as a result of that mental illness can reasonably be expected within the near future to intentionally or unintentionally seriously physically injure himself, herself, or another individual, and who has engaged in an act or acts or made significant threats that are substantially supportive of the expectation. See Michigan Laws 330.1401

Person-centered planning: means a process for planning and supporting the individual receiving services that builds upon the individual's capacity to engage in activities that promote community life and that honors the individual's preferences, choices, and abilities. See Michigan Laws 330.1700

Personal property: All property that is not real property.

Personal representative: includes , but is not limited to, an executor, administrator, successor personal representative, and special personal representative, and any other person, other than a trustee of a trust subject to article VII, who performs substantially the same function under the law governing that person's status. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Petition: means a written request to the court for an order after notice. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Petitioner: means a person that institutes a proceeding under section 281a. See Michigan Laws 330.1260

Physician orders for scope of treatment form: means that term as defined in section 5674 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Pipeline: means a pipeline that conveys a flammable liquid from a crude petroleum wellhead collection site to a refinery or terminal or from a refinery to a terminal. See Michigan Laws 29.1

Place of public assemblage: means a room or other space in a building if the room or other space can accommodate 50 or more individuals, including connected rooms and spaces that share a common means of entrance and egress. See Michigan Laws 29.1

Plans examiner: means an employee of or volunteer assigned by a political subdivision to assist an organized fire department or public safety department who is certified under National Fire Protection Association standard no. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Plant rescue: means to physically move native conservation species of plants from 1 location in Michigan to another location in Michigan for the purpose of reestablishing the native conservation species. See Michigan Laws 324.9301

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.

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.

Plenary guardian: means a guardian who possesses the legal rights and powers of a full guardian of the person, or of the estate, or both. See Michigan Laws 330.1600

Plenary guardian: means that term as defined in section 600 of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

police officer: means a police officer, investigator, or police sergeant. See Michigan Laws 141.1152

Police officer: means a police officer as defined in section 42 of the Michigan vehicle code, Act No. See Michigan Laws 324.9501

Political subdivision: means a county, municipality, school district, or any other local governmental unit, agency, body, board, or commission but does not include a state department, board, commission, or agency of state government. See Michigan Laws 29.362

political subdivision: as used in this act shall be construed to mean any county, city, village, township, school district or other local unit of this state. See Michigan Laws 141.265

Portable: means not permanently affixed to a watercraft and capable of being immediately removed from a watercraft. See Michigan Laws 324.9501

Postretirement subsidy: includes , but is not limited to, all of the following:

(i) A supplemental annuity. See Michigan Laws 38.1702

Power of appointment: means that term as defined in section 2 of the powers of appointment act of 1967, 1967 PA 224, MCL 556. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

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}

Power of withdrawal: means a presently exercisable general power of appointment other than a power that is either of the following:

(i) Exercisable by a trustee and limited by an ascertainable standard. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Power unit: means a motor vehicle that provides motor power to the entire combination, or to the vehicle if a single unit. See Michigan Laws 29.472

Practice as a dental assistant: means assistance in the clinical practice of dentistry based on formal education, specialized knowledge, and skill at the assignment and under the supervision of a dentist. See Michigan Laws 333.16601

Practice as a dental hygienist: means practice at the assignment of a dentist in that specific area of dentistry based on specialized knowledge, formal education, and skill with particular emphasis on preventive services and oral health education. See Michigan Laws 333.16601

Practice as a dental therapist: means providing any of the care and services, and performing any of the duties, described in section 16656. See Michigan Laws 333.16601

Practice of chiropractic: means that discipline within the healing arts that deals with the human nervous system and the musculoskeletal system and their interrelationship with other body systems. See Michigan Laws 333.16401

Practice of chiropractic: means that term as defined in section 16401. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Practice of dentistry: means the diagnosis, treatment, prescription, or operation for a disease, pain, deformity, deficiency, injury, or physical condition of the human tooth, teeth, alveolar process, gums or jaws, or their dependent tissues, or an offer, undertaking, attempt to do, or holding oneself out as able to do any of these acts. See Michigan Laws 333.16601

Practice of massage therapy: means that term as defined in section 17951. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Practice of medicine: means that term as defined in section 17001. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery: means that term as defined in section 17501. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Practice of physical therapy: means that term as defined in section 17801. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Preadmission screening unit: means a service component of a community mental health services program established under section 409. See Michigan Laws 330.1400

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.

Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.

Premises: means a lot or parcel of land, exclusive of buildings, and includes a parking lot, tourist camp, trailer camp, airport, stockyard, junkyard, wharf, pier, and any other place or enclosure. See Michigan Laws 29.1

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.

Principal place of business: means the place where a domestic credit union keeps its principal records. See Michigan Laws 490.103

Private facility: means an adult foster care facility operated under contract with a community mental health services program or on a private pay basis that agrees to do both of the following:

(i) Accept the admission of an individual with developmental disability. See Michigan Laws 330.1500

Privileged communication: means a communication made to a psychiatrist or psychologist in connection with the examination, diagnosis, or treatment of a patient, or to another person while the other person is participating in the examination, diagnosis, or treatment or a communication made privileged under other applicable state or federal law. See Michigan Laws 330.1700

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.

Proceeding: includes an application and a petition, and may be an action at law or a suit in equity. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Professional conservator: means a person that provides conservatorship services for a fee. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Professional guardian: means a person that provides guardianship services for a fee. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Program: means the volunteer employee criminal history system program created in section 3. See Michigan Laws 28.832

Program: means a hospital, clinic, organization, or health professional licensed under part 62 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 330.1260

Project: means a sewage treatment works project or a nonpoint source project, or both, as defined in part 53 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Property: means anything that may be the subject of ownership, and includes both real and personal property or an interest in real or personal property. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

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

Protected individual: means a minor or other individual for whom a conservator has been appointed or other protective order has been made as provided in part 4 of article V. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Protective proceeding: means a proceeding under part 4 of article V. See Michigan Laws 700.1106

Public corporation: means a county, city, village, township, school district, port district, or metropolitan district of the state or a combination of these if authorized by law to act jointly; an authority created by or under an act of the legislature; or a municipal health facilities corporation or subsidiary municipal health facilities corporation incorporated as provided in the municipal health facilities corporations act, 1987 PA 230, MCL 331. See Michigan Laws 141.103

Public corporation: means any body corporate organized by or pursuant to the laws of this state to carry out a public governmental or propriety function, including, without limitation on the foregoing, the state or any school district, city, village, township, county, district, commission, authority, university, college, or any combination thereof, which is a corporate entity. See Michigan Laws 141.151

Public corporation: means a county, city, village, township, charter township, port authority, metropolitan district, or authority of this state, or a combination of these entities when authorized by law to act jointly. See Michigan Laws 141.162

Public corporation: includes this state, counties, cities, villages, townships, metropolitan districts and authorities created by or pursuant to state statutes. See Michigan Laws 280.511

public highway: as used in this act mean any road, street or alley taken over by and under the jurisdiction of the board of county road commissioners. See Michigan Laws 41.271

public improvement: means the whole or a part of any of these improvements or of any combination of these improvements or any interest or participation in these improvements, as determined by the governing body. See Michigan Laws 141.103

Public improvements: means only the following improvements: housing facilities; garbage disposal plants; rubbish disposal plants; incinerators; transportation systems, including plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties used or useful in connection with those systems; sewage disposal systems, including sanitary sewers, combined sanitary and storm sewers, plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties used or useful in connection with the collection, treatment, or disposal of sewage or industrial wastes; storm water systems, including storm sewers, plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties used or useful in connection with the collection, treatment, or disposal of storm water; water supply systems, including plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties used or useful in connection with obtaining a water supply, the treatment of water, or the distribution of water; utility systems for supplying light, heat, or power, including plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties used or useful in connection with those systems; approved cable television systems, approved cable communication systems, or telephone systems, including plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties used or useful in connection with those systems; automobile parking facilities, including within or as part of the facilities areas or buildings that may be rented or leased to private enterprises serving the public; yacht basins; harbors; docks; wharves; terminal facilities; elevated highways; bridges over, tunnels under, and ferries across bodies of water; community buildings; public wholesale markets for farm and food products; stadiums; convention halls; auditoriums; dormitories; hospitals and other health care facilities; buildings devoted to public use; museums; parks; recreational facilities; reforestation projects; aeronautical facilities; and marine railways; or any right or interest in or equipment for these improvements. See Michigan Laws 141.103

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 or private property or water: includes , but is not limited to, any of the following:

(i) The right-of-way of a road or highway, a body of water or watercourse, or the shore or beach of a body of water or watercourse, including the ice above the water. See Michigan Laws 324.8901

Public safety department: means a department of a political subdivision providing both law enforcement and fire services either separately or utilizing a combined response force with personnel trained and certified as both firefighters under this act and law enforcement officers under the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Public safety director: means the individual who serves as the administrative head of a public safety department. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Public-private arrangement: means an agreement between an authority and a private entity that relates to researching, planning, studying, designing, developing, financing, acquiring, constructing, renovating, operating, maintaining, or charging rent or other fees for a convention facility. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Qualified city: means a city with a population of more than 550,000 according to the most recent decennial census that contains a qualified convention facility. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Qualified city: means a city with a population of more than 170,000 according to the most recent decennial census that is the most populous city in a qualified county. See Michigan Laws 141.1403

Qualified convention facility: means a publicly owned convention facility with not less than 600,000 square feet of usable exhibition area and that is located in a qualified city. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Qualified county: means a county that contains a qualified city. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Qualified county: means a county with a population of more than 500,000 according to the most recent decennial census that contains a qualified city, and that is not a charter county or a county with an optional unified form of government. See Michigan Laws 141.1403

Qualified entity: means a business or organization, whether public, private, operated for profit, or operated not for profit that provides care or care placement services. See Michigan Laws 28.832

Qualified metropolitan area: means a geographic area of this state that includes a qualified city, a qualified county, and the 2 counties bordering the qualified county with the largest populations according to the most recent decennial census. See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Qualified trust beneficiary: means either of the following:

(i) A trust beneficiary whom the settlor intends to benefit as a material purpose of the trust and to whom 1 or more of the following apply on the date the trust beneficiary's qualification is determined:

(A) The trust beneficiary is a distributee or permissible distributee of trust income or principal. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Quality control and quality assurance program: means laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment-related problems do not affect the results of the testing of cigarettes and ensure that testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability values stated in section 5(2)(g) for all test trials used to certify cigarettes under this act. See Michigan Laws 29.493

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

Quorum: means , except as otherwise defined, 1 of the following:

(i) Three council members, if the village has adopted an ordinance reducing the number of trustees under chapter II. See Michigan Laws 61.1a

Rap back program: means a state or federal record of arrest and prosecution background program that enables qualified entities to receive ongoing status notifications of any criminal history reported on covered individuals whose fingerprints are registered in the system thereby eliminating the need for repeated background checks on covered individuals by qualified entities. See Michigan Laws 28.832

Rates: means the charges, fees, rentals, and rates that may be fixed and imposed for the services, facilities, and commodities furnished by a public improvement. See Michigan Laws 141.103

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

Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.

Reclassification: means an action by a disciplinary subcommittee by which restrictions or conditions, or both, applicable to a license are added or removed. See Michigan Laws 333.16108

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}

Regional assessment district: means a region of this state composed of a number of counties in which a regional marketing organization operates. See Michigan Laws 141.892

Regional marketing organization: means a nonprofit corporation that promotes tourism within a region of this state. See Michigan Laws 141.892

Registered acupuncturist: means an individual who is registered or otherwise authorized under this part before the effective date of the rules promulgated under section 16525 regarding licensure. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Registering entity: means a person who originates or transfers a security title by registration, and includes a broker maintaining security accounts for customers and a transfer agent or other person acting for or as an issuer of securities. See Michigan Laws 700.6301

Registrant: means the person who registers a product under this part. See Michigan Laws 324.8501a

Registration: means an authorization only for the use of a designated title which use would otherwise be prohibited under this article. See Michigan Laws 333.16108

Reinstatement: means the granting of a license or certificate of registration, with or without limitations or conditions, to an individual whose license or certificate of registration has been suspended or revoked. See Michigan Laws 333.16108

Release: means the transfer of an individual who is subject to an order of combined hospitalization and assisted outpatient treatment from 1 treatment program to another in accordance with his or her individual plan of services. See Michigan Laws 330.1400

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.

Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.

Remote control terminal: means a terminal where filling an aboveground liquid storage tank with a flammable liquid is controlled at a remote location by the individual who conveyed the flammable liquid to the terminal. See Michigan Laws 29.1

Repeatability: means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall 95% of the time. See Michigan Laws 29.493

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.

Reserve fund: means a bond reserve fund or note reserve fund created and established under section 16. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Resident creditor: means a person domiciled or doing business in this state that is, or could be, a claimant against a nonresident decedent's estate. See Michigan Laws 700.4101

Residential services: means 24-hour dependent care and treatment services provided by adult foster care facilities under contract to the department or a community mental health services program or provided directly by a community mental health services program. See Michigan Laws 330.1800

Respondent: means an individual alleged in a petition filed under section 281a to be an individual who has a substance use disorder and who may be ordered under section 281b or 281c to undergo involuntary treatment. See Michigan Laws 330.1260

Respondent: means the individual who is the subject of a petition for guardianship filed under this chapter. See Michigan Laws 330.1600

Respondent: means the service provider that had responsibility at the time of an alleged rights violation for the services with respect to which a rights complaint has been filed. See Michigan Laws 330.1772

Responsible party: means a person who is financially liable for services furnished to the individual. See Michigan Laws 330.1800

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

Restraint: means the use of a physical device to restrict an individual's movement. See Michigan Laws 330.1700

Retail dealer: means a retailer, as that term is defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493

Retirant: means an individual who has retired with a retirement benefit payable from a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.2702

Retirement benefit: means an annuity, a retirement allowance, a pension, a benefit from employer contributions to a defined contribution plan, an optional benefit, a postretirement benefit, and any other right accrued or accruing to a member under a retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.2702

Retirement benefit: includes a retirement health benefit or retirement pension benefit, or both. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Retirement health benefit: means an annuity, allowance, payment, or contribution to, for, or on behalf of a former employee or a dependent of a former employee to pay for any of the following components:

(i) Expenses related to medical, drugs, dental, hearing, or vision care. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Retirement pension benefit: means an allowance, right, accrued right, or other pension benefit payable under a defined benefit pension plan to a participant in the plan or a beneficiary of the participant. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Retirement system: means a public employee retirement system created and established by this state or any political subdivision of this state. See Michigan Laws 38.1702

Retirement system: means a public employee retirement system established by this state or a political subdivision of this state. See Michigan Laws 38.2702

Retirement system: means a retirement system, trust, plan, or reserve fund that a local unit of government establishes, maintains, or participates in and that, by its express terms or as a result of surrounding circumstances, provides retirement pension benefits or retirement health benefits, or both. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Revenue: means an addition to the assets of a fund that does not increase a liability, does not represent the recovery of an expenditure, does not represent the cancellation of a liability without a corresponding increase in any other liability or a decrease in assets, and does not represent a contribution of fund capital in enterprise or in internal service funds. See Michigan Laws 141.422d

Revenues: means the income derived from the rates charged for the services, facilities, and commodities furnished by a public improvement. See Michigan Laws 141.103

Revenues: means the income derived from the excise tax, plus interest and penalties imposed by this act, levied and assessed under an ordinance adopted pursuant to this act. See Michigan Laws 141.861

Revenues: means all fees, charges, money, profits, payments of principal of or interest on municipal obligations and other investments, gifts, grants, contributions, and all other income derived or to be derived by the authority under this act. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

Revocable trust: A trust agreement that can be canceled, rescinded, revoked, or repealed by the grantor (person who establishes the trust).

Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.

Rights complaint: means a written or oral statement that meets the requirements of section 776. See Michigan Laws 330.1772

Room: means a room or other space provided for sleeping that can be rented independently, including the furnishings and other accessories in the room. See Michigan Laws 141.872

Room: means a room or other space provided for sleeping, including the furnishings and other accessories in the room. See Michigan Laws 141.882

Room: means a room or other space provided for sleeping that can be rented independently, including the furnishings and other accessories in the room. See Michigan Laws 141.892

Room: means a room or other space provided for sleeping, including the furnishings and other accessories in the room. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Room: means a room or other space provided for sleeping, including the furnishings and other accessories in the room. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Room: means a room or other space provided for sleeping, including the furnishings and other accessories in the room. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Room charge: means the charge imposed for the use or occupancy of a room, excluding charges for food, beverages, state use tax, telephone service, or like services paid in connection with the charge, and excluding reimbursement of the assessment imposed by this act. See Michigan Laws 141.872

Room charge: means the charge imposed for the use or occupancy of a room, excluding charges for food, beverages, state use tax, telephone service or like services paid in connection with the charge, and reimbursement of the assessment imposed by this act. See Michigan Laws 141.882

Room charge: means the charge imposed for the use or occupancy of a room, excluding charges for food, beverages, state use tax, telephone service, or like services paid in connection with the room charge, and reimbursement of the assessment as allowed in section 6. See Michigan Laws 141.892

Room charge: means the charge imposed for the use or occupancy of a room, excluding charges for food, beverages, state use tax, telephone service, or like services paid in connection with the charge, and reimbursement of the assessment imposed by this act. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Rule: means a rule promulgated under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Rule: means a rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24. See Michigan Laws 324.301

Sale: means that term as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493

School: means a public school, nonpublic school, or public school academy as those terms are defined in section 5 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 28.803

School loan act: means an act to implement section 16 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, including, but not limited to, former 1961 PA 108, 1961 PA 112, MCL 388. See Michigan Laws 141.1053

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

Seclusion: means the temporary placement of a recipient in a room, alone, where egress is prevented by any means. See Michigan Laws 330.1700

Secondary wholesaler: means that term as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493

Security: means a share, participation, or other interest in property, in a business, or in an obligation of an enterprise or other issuer, and includes a certificated security, uncertificated security, and security account. See Michigan Laws 700.6301

Security: includes , but is not limited to, a note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in an oil, gas, or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease, collateral trust certificate, transferable share, voting trust certificate, or interest in a regulated investment company or other entity generally referred to as a mutual fund or, in general, an interest or instrument commonly known as a security, or a certificate of interest or participation for, a temporary or interim certificate, receipt, or certificate of deposit for, or any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the items listed in this subdivision. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

Security account: includes all of the following:

(i) A reinvestment account associated with a security. See Michigan Laws 700.6301

Sell: means to sell or to offer or agree to sell. See Michigan Laws 29.493

Senior management employee: means any individual who is designated as a senior policy-making employee of a credit union by the board of the credit union. See Michigan Laws 490.103

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.

Settlement: means , in reference to a decedent's estate, the full process of administration, distribution, and closing. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

Settlor: means a person, including a testator or a trustee, who creates a trust. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Sewage: means human body wastes, treated or untreated. See Michigan Laws 324.9501

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

Soil conditioner: means any substance that is used or intended for use to improve the physical characteristics of soil, including, but not limited to, materials such as peat moss and peat products, composted products, synthetic soil conditioners, or other products that are worked into the soil or are applied on the surface to improve the properties of the soil for enhancing plant growth. See Michigan Laws 324.8501a

Sole ownership: The type of property ownership in which one individual holds legal title to the property and has full control of it.

Special personal representative: means a personal representative as described by section 3614 to 3618. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

Specialty fertilizer: means any fertilizer distributed primarily for nonfarm use, such as use in connection with home gardens, lawns, shrubbery, flowers, golf courses, parks, and cemeteries, and may include fertilizers used for research or experimental purposes. See Michigan Laws 324.8501a

Spendthrift provision: means a term of a trust that restrains either the voluntary or involuntary transfer of a trust beneficiary's interest. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

State: means this state. See Michigan Laws 280.511

State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

State: means this state. See Michigan Laws 324.9301

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 equalized valuation of real and personal property of the municipality: means the valuation determined under 1911 PA 44, MCL 209. See Michigan Laws 141.931

State facility: means state owned real property associated with buildings primarily used for office purposes, state prisons, or hospitals, institutions of higher education, and state owned real and inventory personal property associated with a state proprietary function, the inventory personal property of which shall be valued on the basis of the average monthly inventory for the preceding state fiscal year. See Michigan Laws 141.951

State fire marshal: means the individual appointed by the director under section 1b. See Michigan Laws 29.1

Statewide tax base growth rate: means the total state equalized valuation for real and personal property for the most recent year for which data is available divided by the total state equalized valuation for the fifth year preceding the most recent year for which data is available. See Michigan Laws 141.931

Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

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

Strategic plan: means a plan agreed to by this state and a municipality concerning an empowerment zone that includes both of the following:

(i) Certification of the authority to adopt a strategic plan in an application for nomination as an empowerment zone under applicable federal regulations. See Michigan Laws 125.2565

Subject of a petition: means an individual regarding whom a petition has been filed with the court asserting that the individual is or is not a person requiring treatment or for whom an objection to involuntary mental health treatment has been made under section 484. See Michigan Laws 330.1400

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

Successor: means a person, other than a creditor, who is entitled to property of a decedent under the decedent's will or this act. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

Successor personal representative: means a personal representative, other than a special personal representative, who is appointed to succeed a previously appointed personal representative. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

Suitable for hospitalization: means a determination concerning a minor that all of the following criteria are met:

(i) The minor is a minor requiring treatment. See Michigan Laws 330.1498c

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

Supervised administration: means the proceedings described in part 5 of article III. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

Support plan: means a written plan that specifies the personal support services or any other supports that are to be developed with and provided for a recipient. See Michigan Laws 330.1700

Support provision: means a provision in a trust that provides the trustee shall distribute income or principal or both for the health, education, support, or maintenance of a trust beneficiary, or language of similar import. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Surplus: means an excess of the assets of a fund over its liabilities and reserves. See Michigan Laws 141.422d

Survive: means that an individual neither predeceases an event, including the death of another individual, nor is considered to predecease an event under section 2104 or 2702. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

Survivor: means any of the following:

(i) A spouse of a law enforcement officer killed on duty. See Michigan Laws 28.782

Systematic acupuncture education: means a course of education that covers the foundation of acupuncture science and theory, channel and point location, needling techniques, approaches to diagnosis and therapy, and patient management. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Tax obligation: means a bond, note, contract obligation, assessment, or other evidence of indebtedness payable primarily or secondarily from ad valorem taxes as a general or full faith and credit obligation of a public corporation. See Michigan Laws 141.162

Technical rescue responder: means an employee of or volunteer assigned by a political subdivision to assist an organized fire department or public safety department who is certified under National Fire Protection Association standard no. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Technical rescue response: means those aspects of saving life or property that employ the use of tools and skills that exceed those normally reserved for firefighting, medical emergency, and rescue. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Tenancy by the entirety: A type of joint tenancy between husband and wife that is recognized in some States. Neither party can sever the joint tenancy relationship; when a spouse dies, the survivor acquires full title to the property.

Terminal: means a location where an aboveground liquid storage tank containing a flammable liquid is located. See Michigan Laws 29.1

terms of the trust: means the manifestation of the settlor's intent regarding a trust's provisions as expressed in the trust instrument or as may be established by other evidence that would be admissible in a judicial proceeding. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

Testacy proceeding: means a proceeding to establish a will or determine intestacy. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

Testate: To die leaving a will.

Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.

Testator: includes an individual of either gender. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

Testify: Answer questions in court.

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

Therapeutic exercise: means a range of physical activities that help restore and build physical strength, endurance, flexibility, balance, and stability. See Michigan Laws 333.16501

Tobacco products tax act: means the tobacco products tax act, 1993 PA 327, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493

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.

Tourism marketing program: means a program established by a regional marketing organization to develop, encourage, solicit, and promote tourism within a region of this state. See Michigan Laws 141.892

Tourism marketing program notice: means the notice described in section 3. See Michigan Laws 141.892

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.

Transfer date: means the earlier of the following:

(i) The date 90 days after the creation of an authority under section 7 on which the right, title, interest, ownership, and control of a qualified convention facility are conveyed and transferred from a qualified city to an authority, only if the transfer is not disapproved as provided under section 19(1). See Michigan Laws 141.1355

Transient facility: means a building or combination of buildings under common ownership, operation, or management that contains 10 or more rooms used in the business of providing dwelling, lodging, or sleeping to transient guests, whether or not membership is required for the use of the rooms. See Michigan Laws 141.872

Transient facility: means a building which contains 35 or more rooms used in the business of providing dwelling, lodging, or sleeping to transient guests, whether or not membership is required for the use of the rooms. See Michigan Laws 141.882

Transient facility: means a building that contains 35 or more rooms used in the business of providing dwelling, lodging, or sleeping to transient guests, whether or not membership is required for the use of the rooms. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Transient facility: means a building that contains 2 or more rooms used in the business of providing dwelling, lodging, or sleeping to transient guests, whether or not membership is required for the use of the rooms. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Transient guest: means a natural person who occupies a room in a transient facility for less than 30 consecutive days regardless of who pays the room charge. See Michigan Laws 141.872

Transient guest: means a natural person who occupies a room in a transient facility for less than 30 consecutive days regardless of who pays the room charge. See Michigan Laws 141.882

Transient guest: means a natural person who occupies a room in a transient facility for less than 30 consecutive days regardless of who pays the room charge. See Michigan Laws 141.892

Transient guest: means a natural person who occupies a room in a transient facility for less than 30 consecutive days regardless of who pays the room charge. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Transient guest: means a natural person who occupies a room in a transient facility for less than 30 consecutive days regardless of who pays the room charge for the room. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Transient guest: means a natural person who occupies a room in a transient facility for less than 30 consecutive days regardless of who pays the room charge. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

Travel bureau: means the Michigan travel bureau created under section 2a of the Michigan tourism policy act, 1945 PA 106, MCL 2. See Michigan Laws 141.872

Travel bureau: means the Michigan travel bureau created under section 2a of the Michigan tourism policy act, 1945 PA 106, MCL 2. See Michigan Laws 141.882

Travel bureau: means the Michigan travel bureau created under section 2a of the Michigan tourism policy act, 1945 PA 106, MCL 2. See Michigan Laws 141.892

Travel bureau: means the Michigan travel bureau created under section 2a of the Michigan tourism policy act, 1945 PA 106, MCL 2. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Travel bureau: means the Michigan travel bureau created under section 2a of the Michigan tourism policy act, 1945 PA 106, MCL 2. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Treatment: means admission into an appropriate treatment facility or an outpatient program of care and treatment suitable to the individual's needs under the supervision of a psychiatrist that is developed in accordance with person-centered planning under section 712. See Michigan Laws 330.1500

Treatment plan: means a written plan that specifies the goal-oriented treatment or training services, including rehabilitation or habilitation services, that are to be developed with and provided for a recipient. See Michigan Laws 330.1700

Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

Trust: includes , but is not limited to, an express trust, private or charitable, with additions to the trust, wherever and however created. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. ^{Source: OCC}

Trust beneficiary: means a person to whom 1 or both of the following apply:

(i) The person has a present or future beneficial interest in a trust, vested or contingent. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Trust director: means that term as defined in section 7703a. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

Trust instrument: means a governing instrument that contains the terms of the trust, including any amendment to a term of the trust. See Michigan Laws 700.7103

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

Trustee: includes an original, additional, or successor trustee, whether or not appointed or confirmed by the court. See Michigan Laws 700.1107

trustee of a trust created by will: includes a trustee to whom property is transferred by will to the extent of the devised property. See Michigan Laws 700.1103

Turf: means land, including residential, commercial, or industrial property, golf courses, or publicly owned land, that is planted in closely mowed, managed grass, except land used in the operation of a commercial farm. See Michigan Laws 324.8501

Unclassified acquirer: means that term as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493

Underfunded local unit of government: means a local unit of government that is in underfunded status. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Underfunded status: means that the state treasurer has determined that the local unit of government is underfunded under the review provided in section 5 and the local unit of government does not have a waiver under section 6. See Michigan Laws 38.2803

Uniform application: means the uniform registration and permit application form established under the uniform program. See Michigan Laws 29.472

Uniform program: means the uniform state hazardous materials transportation registration and permit program established in the report submitted and amended pursuant to 49 USC 5119(b). See Michigan Laws 29.472

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

Unlimited tax pledge: means an undertaking by a public corporation to secure and pay a tax obligation from ad valorem taxes to be levied on all taxable property within the boundaries of the public corporation without limitation as to rate or amount and in addition to other taxes which the public corporation may be authorized to levy. See Michigan Laws 141.162

Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.

Use: means the loading, mixing, applying, storing, transporting, or disposing of a fertilizer. See Michigan Laws 324.8501a

Use tax: means the tax imposed under the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 141.1322

Use tax: means the tax imposed under the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 141.1432

Use tax: means the tax imposed under the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 141.1442

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 a tank vehicle or bulk transportation vehicle, excluding the tractor of a tank vehicle or bulk transportation vehicle. See Michigan Laws 29.1

Vehicle: means a motor vehicle registered or required to be registered under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 324.8901

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

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

Vessel: means a vessel registered under part 801. See Michigan Laws 324.8901

Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.

Volunteer: means appointment or employment for which an individual receives no compensation for work provided, or appointment or employment for which an individual receives compensation in the form of reasonable expenses incurred during the course of his or her appointment or employment or other reasonable benefits, including, but not limited to, length of service awards or nominal fees. See Michigan Laws 29.362

Voting security: includes any security convertible into or evidencing a right to acquire a voting security. See Michigan Laws 500.115

Ward: means an individual for whom a guardian is appointed. See Michigan Laws 700.1108

Watercraft: means a contrivance used or capable of being used for navigation upon water, whether or not capable of self-propulsion, including foreign and domestic vessels engaged in commerce upon the waters of this state, passenger or other cargo-carrying vessels, and privately owned recreational watercraft. See Michigan Laws 324.9501

Waters of this state: means waters within the territorial limits of this state including the waters of the Great Lakes that are under the jurisdiction of this state. See Michigan Laws 324.9501

Wholesale dealer: means a wholesaler, as that term is defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205. See Michigan Laws 29.493

Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.