Terms Used In Michigan Laws 457.19

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
   Such articles of association shall be filed in the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and thereupon the persons who have signed the same, their associates and successors, shall be a body corporate with all the powers and privileges as to property conferred by this act upon local lodges of said order, together with the jurisdiction, power and authority over local or subordinate lodges of said order in this state, mentioned in the preceding section, and shall be subject to all the provisions of law and reservations of power described in section 7 of this act.