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- accumulated contributions: means the amounts deducted from the compensations of a member of a reciprocal retirement system and credited to his individual account in the system, together with interest, if any, credited thereon. See Michigan Laws 38.1102
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Applicant: means the person who submits an application for a body art facility license under this part and includes the owner or operator, an agent of the owner or operator, or any other person operating under the apparent authority of the owner or operator of a body art facility that is required to be licensed under this part. See Michigan Laws 333.13101
- 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
- Body art facility: means the location at which an individual does 1 or more of the following:
(i) Performs tattooing. See Michigan Laws 333.13101Body piercing: means the perforation of human tissue other than an ear for a nonmedical purpose. See Michigan Laws 333.13101 Branding: means a permanent mark made on human tissue by burning with a hot iron or other instrument. See Michigan Laws 333.13101 Chief elected official: means the mayor of a city, the president of a village, the supervisor of a township, or, subject to section 5, the chairperson of the county board of commissioners of a county. See Michigan Laws 125.3803 Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. 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. Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. department: means the department of human services. See Michigan Laws 400.203 Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another. Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial. Donor: The person who makes a gift. 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 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. Final average salary: means the salary or the average of salaries used in computing a retirement allowance, as set forth in the retirement system plan. See Michigan Laws 38.1102 Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another. Governmental unit: means the state to the extent the employees of the state are covered under an applicable state unit; and any municipal unit. See Michigan Laws 38.1102 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. 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 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 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. Legislative body: means the county board of commissioners of a county, the board of trustees of a township, or the council or other elected governing body of a city or village. See Michigan Laws 125.3803 Licensee: means the person who is the holder of a license under this part or the person who is legally responsible for the operation of a body art facility and includes the owner or operator, an agent of the owner or operator, or any other person operating under the apparent authority of the owner or operator of a body art facility that is required to be licensed under this part. See Michigan Laws 333.13101 Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants. Local governing entity: means that term as defined in section 2406. See Michigan Laws 333.13101 local unit: means a county or municipality. See Michigan Laws 125.3803 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 Master plan: means either of the following:
(i) As provided in section 81(1), any plan adopted or amended before September 1, 2008 under a planning act repealed under section 85. See Michigan Laws 125.3803Minor: means an individual under 18 years of age who is not emancipated under section 4 of 1968 PA 293, MCL 722. See Michigan Laws 333.13101 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 municipal: means or refers to a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 125.3803 Municipal unit: means a county, city, village, township or school district of the first class; any separate corporation or instrumentality established by 1 or more counties, cities or villages, as permitted by law; any corporation or instrumentality supported in most part by counties, cities and villages, or any of them; any public corporation charged by law with the performance of a governmental function and whose jurisdiction is coextensive with 1 or more counties, cities and villages. See Michigan Laws 38.1102 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. person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l Personal property: All property that is not real property. Planning commission: means either of the following, as applicable:
(i) A planning commission created pursuant to section 11(1). See Michigan Laws 125.3803Population: means the population according to the most recent federal decennial census or according to a special census conducted under section 7 of the Glenn Steil state revenue sharing act of 1971, 1971 PA 140, MCL 141. See Michigan Laws 125.3803 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. 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. Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide. reciprocal retirement system: means a state unit which elects to become a reciprocal unit. See Michigan Laws 38.1102 Reciprocal unit: means any state unit or municipal unit which elects to come under the provisions of this act. See Michigan Laws 38.1102 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. 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. Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action. Retirement: means the withdrawal of a member of a reciprocal retirement system from the employ of a reciprocal unit with a retirement allowance payable from funds of the reciprocal retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1102 Retirement allowance: means the annuity, pension or retirement allowance payable to a member of a reciprocal retirement system on account of his employment with a reciprocal unit. See Michigan Laws 38.1102 Retirement system: means the retirement, pension or annuity system, plan or fund under which a governmental unit covers its employees. See Michigan Laws 38.1102 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. 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 Smoking: means that term as defined in section 12601. See Michigan Laws 333.13101 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 unit: means the state employees' retirement system, established by Act No. See Michigan Laws 38.1102 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Street: means a street, avenue, boulevard, highway, road, lane, alley, viaduct, or other public way intended for use by motor vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, and other legal users. See Michigan Laws 125.3803 Tattoo: means 1 or more of the following:
(i) An indelible mark made upon the body of another individual by the insertion of a pigment under the skin. See Michigan Laws 333.13101United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o