Terms Used In Michigan Laws 570.424

  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
     Notice of trial or hearing may be for any day in term, and shall be of 10 days, exclusive of both day of service and the day for which the notice is given; and it shall be the duty of the clerk to prepare a separate docket of all such cases noticed, of which a note of issue has been filed within the time required for notices of trial.
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