Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 791 > Act 232 of 1953 > Chapter IIIA

• 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.
• 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.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Cable operator: means that term as defined in 47 USC 522(5). See Michigan Laws 484.3301
• Cable service: means that term as defined in 47 USC 522(6). See Michigan Laws 484.3301
• Cable system: means that term as defined in 47 USC 522(7). See Michigan Laws 484.3301
• Commission: means the Michigan public service commission. See Michigan Laws 484.3301
• 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.
• 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.
• franchise agreement: means the franchise agreement required under this act to be the operating agreement between each franchising entity and video provider in this state. See Michigan Laws 484.3301
• Franchising entity: means the local unit of government in which a provider offers video services through a franchise. See Michigan Laws 484.3301
• Household: means a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or any other structure or part of a structure intended for residential occupancy as separate living quarters. See Michigan Laws 484.3301
• 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
• Incumbent video provider: means a cable operator serving cable subscribers or a telecommunication provider providing video services through the provider's existing telephone exchange boundaries in a particular franchise area within a local unit of government on the effective date of this act. See Michigan Laws 484.3301
• IPTV: means internet protocol television. See Michigan Laws 484.3301
• 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 city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 484.3301
• 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
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• OVS: means that term as defined in 47 USC 573. See Michigan Laws 484.3301
• 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 an individual, corporation, association, partnership, governmental entity, or any other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 484.3301
• provider: means a person authorized under this act to provide video service. See Michigan Laws 484.3301
• Public rights-of-way: means the area on, below, or above a public roadway, highway, street, public sidewalk, alley, waterway, or utility easements dedicated for compatible uses. See Michigan Laws 484.3301
• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
• 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: A law passed by a legislature.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Video programming: means that term as defined in 47 USC 522(20). See Michigan Laws 484.3301
• Video service: means video programming, cable services, IPTV, or OVS provided through facilities located at least in part in the public rights-of-way without regard to delivery technology, including internet protocol technology. See Michigan Laws 484.3301
• Video service provider fee: means the amount paid by a video service provider or incumbent video provider under section 6. See Michigan Laws 484.3301