§ 600.6201 Order permitting payment of judgment in installments; showing
§ 600.6205 Payment of judgment in installments; notice; petition; affidavit; garnishment
§ 600.6211 Judgment; payment by installments; service of notice; hearing; garnishment
§ 600.6215 Cross-examination; order to pay; stay of garnishment
§ 600.6221 Altering amounts and times of installment payments
§ 600.6225 Force and effect of agreement for payment of judgment in installments
§ 600.6231 Garnishment without order prohibited and void; notice of order
§ 600.6235 Judgment; payment by installments; statute of limitations
§ 600.6241 Execution of powers and duties
§ 600.6245 Judgment; payment by installments; collection of judgment; other methods
§ 600.6251 Judgment; payment by installments; record; affidavit for transcript; contents

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 600 > Act 236 of 1961 > Chapter 62 - Installment Judgments

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • judgment: as used in this act , includes decree. See Michigan Laws 600.112
  • 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.
  • Local unit of government: means a county, township, city, or village. See Michigan Laws 445.591
  • 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: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • 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
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.