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- 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.
- 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
- 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 a person who applies for an authority under this act. See Michigan Laws 474.103
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Authority: means an authority issued under this act. See Michigan Laws 474.103
- Authorized seasonal vehicle: means an authorized vehicle that satisfies both of the following:
(i) The department has approved the vehicle to be used in service for a contiguous period of time that does not exceed 6 months. See Michigan Laws 474.103Authorized vehicle: means a vehicle operated by a motor carrier that complies with all requirements of this act. See Michigan Laws 474.103 Beans: means Michigan dry, edible beans, except soybeans. See Michigan Laws 290.551 Broker: means that term as defined in 49 USC 13102. See Michigan Laws 475.1 Bus: means a motor vehicle with a seating capacity of 9 or more passengers, including the driver, that is used in the transportation of passengers and their baggage for hire upon any public highway of this state. See Michigan Laws 474.103 Certificate of authority: means a certificate issued under this act to a motor carrier authorizing a transportation service. See Michigan Laws 475.1 Certificate of conformance: means a document issued by the NCWM based on testing by a participating laboratory that constitutes evidence of conformance of a type. See Michigan Laws 290.602 Clerk: means the clerk or a deputy clerk of the court. See Michigan Laws 761.1 Commission: means the Michigan bean commission. See Michigan Laws 290.551 Commission: means the Michigan public service commission. See Michigan Laws 475.1 Commodity in package form: means a commodity put up or packaged in any manner in advance of sale in units suitable for either wholesale or retail sale including an individual item or lot of any commodity not in a form as described in this subdivision but upon which there is marked a selling price based on an established price per unit of weight or measure. See Michigan Laws 290.602 Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. Consumer package: means a package that is customarily produced or distributed for sale through retail sales agencies or instrumentalities for consumption or use by individuals for the purposes of personal care or in performance of services ordinarily rendered in or about the household or in connection with personal possessions. See Michigan Laws 290.602 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. Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime. Department: means the department of agriculture and rural development. See Michigan Laws 290.602 Department: means the state transportation department. See Michigan Laws 474.103 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. Director: means the director of the department of agriculture and his or her authorized agents and representatives. See Michigan Laws 290.451 Director: means the director of the department of agriculture and rural development. See Michigan Laws 290.551 Director: means the director of the department or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 290.602 Donor: The person who makes a gift. Emergency: means that term as defined in 49 C. See Michigan Laws 475.1 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. Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office. Felony: means a violation of a penal law of this state for which the offender, upon conviction, may be punished by imprisonment for more than 1 year or an offense expressly designated by law to be a felony. See Michigan Laws 761.1 Financial institution: means a commercial bank whose deposits are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or a national bank for cooperatives subject to the farm credit act of 1971, Public Law 92-181, 85 Stat. See Michigan Laws 290.451 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. For hire: means for remuneration or reward of any kind, paid or promised, either directly or indirectly. See Michigan Laws 474.103 For hire: means for remuneration or reward of any kind, paid or promised, either directly or indirectly. See Michigan Laws 475.1 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 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 fully allocated costs: means total costs, including variable costs, plus an allocation of fixed costs. See Michigan Laws 475.1 Grower: means a person engaged in the business of growing and producing potatoes. See Michigan Laws 290.451 Grower: means any business unit, including a family operation, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, company, association, trust, or other business organization engaged in the business of producing beans for sale within 1 of the past 3 years. See Michigan Laws 290.551 Household goods: means personal effects and property used or to be used in a dwelling when a part of the equipment or supply of that dwelling. See Michigan Laws 475.1 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 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. Indictment: means 1 or more of the following:
(i) An indictment. See Michigan Laws 761.1Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury. Intrastate-only motor carrier of property: means a motor carrier of property that is not a UCR motor carrier. See Michigan Laws 475.1 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. 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 Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity. Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt. Local move: means a household goods shipment of 40 miles or less, from point of origin to point of destination, as determined by actual miles traveled by the motor carrier and verifiable by odometer reading or mileage guide in general public use. See Michigan Laws 475.1 Magistrate: means a judge of the district court or a judge of a municipal court. See Michigan Laws 761.1 Misdemeanor: means a violation of a penal law of this state that is not a felony or a violation of an order, rule, or regulation of a state agency that is punishable by imprisonment or a fine that is not a civil fine. See Michigan Laws 761.1 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 Motor carrier: means a person who, either directly or through any device or arrangement, holds himself or herself out to the public as willing to transport passengers for hire by bus over the public highways of this state. See Michigan Laws 474.103 Motor carrier: means a motor carrier of general commodities or a motor carrier of household goods. See Michigan Laws 475.1 Motor carrier of general commodities: means a person that is an authorized for-hire motor carrier, either directly or through any device or arrangement, of property other than household goods upon or over a public highway. See Michigan Laws 475.1 Motor carrier of household goods: means a person that, either directly or through any device or arrangement, packs, loads, unloads, or transports household goods upon or over a public highway for the general public in exchange for payment. See Michigan Laws 475.1 Motor vehicle: means an automobile, truck, trailer, semitrailer, truck tractor, road tractor, or a self-propelled or motor or mechanically driven vehicle, or a vehicle attached to, connected with, or drawn by a self-propelled or motor or mechanically driven vehicle, used upon a public highway of this state. See Michigan Laws 475.1 NCWM: means the national conference on weights and measures, inc. See Michigan Laws 290.602 Net weight: means the weight of a commodity excluding any materials, substances, or items not considered to be part of the commodity. See Michigan Laws 290.602 NIST: means the United States Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology. See Michigan Laws 290.602 NTEP: means the national type evaluation program administered by the NCWM, in cooperation with the states, the private sector, and the NIST for determining on a uniform basis conformance of a type. See Michigan Laws 290.602 Ordinance violation: means either of the following:
(i) A violation of an ordinance or charter of a city, village, township, or county that is punishable by imprisonment or a fine that is not a civil fine. See Michigan Laws 761.1Participating laboratory: means a state measurement laboratory that is accredited by NCWM to conduct a type evaluation under the NTEP and determined otherwise acceptable to the director. See Michigan Laws 290.602 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. Person: means a corporation, company, association, cooperative organization, partnership, individual, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 290.451 Person: means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity, or the lessee, trustee, or receiver of any of these entities; this state; a city, village, township, or county of this state; the federal government; or an employee, officer, or agent of any of these units of government. See Michigan Laws 474.103 Person: means an individual, partnership, association, or corporation, and their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by a court. See Michigan Laws 475.1 person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l Potatoes: means any variety of Irish potatoes in fresh form included in the species solanum tuberosum. See Michigan Laws 290.451 Predatory rate: means a rate that is either below its fully allocated costs or in excess of reasonable industry standards. See Michigan Laws 475.1 Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed. Processor: means a person that cleans and grades, dries, dehydrates, cans, powders, extracts, cooks, or uses in producing or manufacturing a product or article, ships, or otherwise handles beans, including seed. See Michigan Laws 290.551 Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government. Prosecuting attorney: means the prosecuting attorney for a county, an assistant prosecuting attorney for a county, the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, an assistant attorney general, a special prosecuting attorney, or, in connection with the prosecution of an ordinance violation, an attorney for the political subdivision or governmental entity that enacted the ordinance, charter, rule, or regulation upon which the ordinance violation is based. See Michigan Laws 761.1 public: means the part or portion of the general public that the motor carrier is ready, able, willing, and equipped to serve. See Michigan Laws 474.103 public: means the part or portion of the general public that a motor carrier is ready, able, willing, and equipped to serve. See Michigan Laws 475.1 Public highway: means a public highway, road, street, avenue, alley, or thoroughfare of any kind, or a bridge, tunnel, or subway used by the public. See Michigan Laws 475.1 Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. Registered service agency: means an agency, firm, company, or corporation that installs, services, repairs, reconditions, or places into service commercial weights and measures and that holds a registration issued by the director. See Michigan Laws 290.602 Registered serviceperson: means an individual who installs, services, repairs, reconditions, or places into service commercial weights and measures and who holds a registration issued by the director. See Michigan Laws 290.602 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. Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action. Roster: means a list of buses to be operated for hire by a motor carrier that is authorized or seeking authorization under this act and that indicates all of the following information:
(i) The vehicle identification number, make, model, fleet number, and year of each vehicle. See Michigan Laws 474.103Rule: means an administrative rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24. See Michigan Laws 290.602 Safety inspector: means an individual designated by the department to conduct safety inspections under this act. See Michigan Laws 474.103 sale: means sale, barter, or exchange. See Michigan Laws 290.602 seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:
(a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3nSelection members: means the commission members selected and appointed for each district created under section 2 and the processor shipper handler member selected and appointed under section 4(2). See Michigan Laws 290.551 Service: means the movement of passengers by bus. See Michigan Laws 474.103 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 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 Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony. Testify: Answer questions in court. Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. Through any device or arrangement: means any and all methods, means, agreements, circumstances, operations, or subterfuges under which a person undertakes for hire to conduct, direct, control, or otherwise perform the transportation of passengers by bus service upon the public highways of this state. See Michigan Laws 474.103 Through any device or arrangement: means any and all methods, means, agreements, circumstances, operations, or subterfuges under which a person undertakes for hire to conduct, direct, control, or otherwise perform the transportation by motor vehicle of property upon the public highways of this state. See Michigan Laws 475.1 Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence. Type: means a model or models of a particular device measurement system, instrument, element, or a field standard that positively identifies the design and that may vary in its measurement ranges, size, performance, and operating characteristics as specified in the certificate of conformance. See Michigan Laws 290.602 Type evaluation: means the testing, examination, and evaluation of a type by a participating laboratory under the NTEP. See Michigan Laws 290.602 UCR motor carrier: means a person that is required to pay fees and file information under section 14504a of the federal unified carrier registration act of 2005, 49 USC 14504a. See Michigan Laws 475.1 Unified carrier registration agreement: means the interstate agreement developed under the unified carrier registration plan governing the collection and distribution of registration and financial responsibility information provided and fees paid by UCR motor carriers, motor private carriers, brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing companies under section 14504a of the federal unified carrier registration act of 2005, 49 USC 14504a. See Michigan Laws 475.1 Unified carrier registration plan: means the organization of state, federal, and industry representatives responsible for developing, implementing, and administering the unified carrier registration agreement under section 14504a of the federal unified carrier registration act of 2005, 49 USC 14504a. See Michigan Laws 475.1 United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o Weighing and measuring device: means all instruments and devices of every kind used to determine the quantity of any commodity and includes weights and measures and any appliance and accessories associated with any of these instruments and devices, except meters, appliances, and accessories that are part of a public utility regulated by the Michigan public service commission. See Michigan Laws 290.602 Weights and measures: means weights and measures of every kind, instruments and devices for weighing and measuring, grain moisture meters, and any appliances and accessories associated with any or all of those instruments and devices. See Michigan Laws 290.602 Wholesale potato dealer: means a person who buys potatoes in wholesale lots directly from a grower or grower cooperative or who sells or handles those potatoes in wholesale lots for the purpose of processing or resale to other wholesale potato dealers, retailers, restaurants, hotels, institutions, or hospitals. See Michigan Laws 290.451