Terms Used In Michigan Laws 776.11

  • Magistrate: means a judge of the district court or a judge of a municipal court. See Michigan Laws 761.1
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • 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
   If such person shall not recognize, or if he shall be charged with a capital crime, or with the crime of murder in the first degree, he shall be committed to prison and there detained until such day in like manner as if the offense charged had been committed within this state; and if the person so recognizing shall fail to appear according to the condition of his recognizance, he shall be defaulted and the same proceedings shall be had as in the case of other recognizances entered into before such court or magistrate.