Terms Used In Michigan Laws 259.601

  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • 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
     The state administrative board is hereby authorized to lease to the city of Lansing for a period of 25 years the tract of land now under the jurisdiction and held by the boys’ vocational school and now being used for airport purposes and described as, the southwest 1/4 of section 31; west 1/2 of the southeast 1/4 of section 31; the south 1/2 of northwest 1/4 of section 31; the southwest 1/4 of the northeast 1/4 of section 31 of Dewitt township, T5N, R2W, except the right-of-way of the Pere Marquette railroad and the land south of said right-of-way being 338 acres more or less.