Michigan Laws > Chapter 390 > Act 197 of 2003 – College and University Electronic Textbook Act
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 390 > Act 197 of 2003 - College and University Electronic Textbook Act
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- College or university: means a degree or certificate granting public or private college or university, junior college, or community college located in this state. See Michigan Laws 390.1542
- Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102
- Contested case: means a proceeding in which the legal rights, duties, obligations, or privileges of a party are required by law to be determined by the circuit court after an opportunity for hearing. See Michigan Laws 500.4701
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Counterparty: means an SPFC's parent or affiliated company, or, subject to the prior approval of the director, a nonaffiliated company as ceding insurer to the SPFC contract. See Michigan Laws 500.4701
- 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
- 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.
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- insolvent: means 1 or more of the following:
(i) That the SPFC is unable to pay its obligations within 30 days after they are due, unless those obligations are the subject of a bona fide dispute. See Michigan Laws 500.4701Insurance securitization: means a package of related risk transfer instruments, capital market offerings, and facilitating administrative agreements by which all of the following apply:
(i) The proceeds of the sale of SPFC securities are obtained, in a transaction that complies with applicable securities laws, by an SPFC directly through the issuance of the SPFC securities by the SPFC or indirectly through the issuance of preferred securities by the SPFC in exchange for some or all of the proceeds of the sale of SPFC securities by the SPFC's parent, an affiliated company of the SPFC, a counterparty, or a captive LLC. See Michigan Laws 500.4701Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity. Protected cell: means a segregated account established and maintained by an SPFC for 1 or more SPFC contracts that are part of a single securitization transaction as further provided for in chapter 48. See Michigan Laws 500.4701 Securities: means those different types of debt obligations, equity, surplus certificates, surplus notes, funding agreements, derivatives, and other legal forms of financial instruments. See Michigan Laws 500.4701 SPFC contract: means a contract between the SPFC and the counterparty pursuant to which the SPFC agrees to provide insurance or reinsurance protection to the counterparty for risks associated with the counterparty's insurance or reinsurance business. See Michigan Laws 500.4701 SPFC securities: means the securities issued pursuant to an insurance securitization, the proceeds of which are used in the manner described in subdivision (i). See Michigan Laws 500.4701 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 Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held. Textbook: includes a text published in electronic media that is used for instructional purposes. See Michigan Laws 390.1542 Third party: means a person unrelated to an SPFC or its counterparty, or both, that has been aggrieved by a decision of a director regarding that SPFC or its activities. See Michigan Laws 500.4701