Terms Used In Michigan Laws 10.87

  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • 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
   This act shall not limit, modify, or abridge the authority of the governor to proclaim a state of disaster pursuant to the emergency preparedness act, Act No. 390 of the Public Acts of 1976, being section 30.401 to 30.420 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or to exercise any other powers vested in the governor by the state constitution of 1963, state statutes, or the common law of the state.