Michigan Laws 32.720 – Staff judge advocate; appointment, qualifications, duties; military justice, claims
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 32.720
- Attorney-at-law: A person who is legally qualified and licensed to practice law, and to represent and act for clients in legal proceedings.
- Military: means a reference to all components of the state military establishment. See Michigan Laws 32.505
- Military establishment: means the organized militia of this state, including the employees and equipment assigned or necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. See Michigan Laws 32.505
- Officer: means a commissioned officer and a warrant officer, unless a distinction between commissioned officer and warrant officer is clearly evident. See Michigan Laws 32.505
- 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
- Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
- United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
The adjutant general shall appoint as staff judge advocate an officer of the national guard, who shall be an attorney-at-law licensed to practice in this state. He shall perform the duties required of him in the administration of military justice or to perform other legal duties of an official nature. The adjutant general shall provide, within his office, for the administration of military justice as provided in the state code of military justice and shall administratively supervise the claims in behalf of personnel of the state military establishment and the public generally, as against the United States, or this state, under the federal tort claims act and other state and federal acts.