Terms Used In Michigan Laws 767.16

  • Clerk: means the clerk or a deputy clerk of the court. See Michigan Laws 761.1
  • 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.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
   The grand jury may appoint 1 of their number to be their clerk, to preserve minutes of their proceedings and of evidence given before them; which minutes shall be delivered to the prosecuting officer, when so directed by the grand jury. Whenever it appears to the judge that it is necessary he may appoint a stenographer to take the testimony given before the grand jury.