Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 447 > Act 23 of 1968 - Foreign Trade Branch of Department of Agriculture

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Court: means the family division of circuit court. See Michigan Laws 712.1
• Department: means the department of human services. See Michigan Laws 712.1
• Emergency service provider: means a uniformed or otherwise identified employee or contractor of a fire department, hospital, or police station when that individual is inside the premises and on duty. See Michigan Laws 712.1
• 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.
• Fire department: means an organized fire department as that term is defined in section 1 of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29. See Michigan Laws 712.1
• 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}
• Hospital: means a hospital that is licensed under article 17 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 712.1
• Lawyer-guardian ad litem: means an attorney appointed under section 2 of this chapter. See Michigan Laws 712.1
• Newborn: means a child who a physician reasonably believes to be not more than 72 hours old. See Michigan Laws 712.1
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
• Police station: means that term as defined in section 43 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 712.1
• 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
• United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o