Terms Used In Michigan Laws 50.101

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
   That it shall be the duty of the county clerk in all cases where bonds or other obligations are filed in any civil case, either on the law or chancery side of the court, to record such bond or other obligation in a book in the office of such clerk to be kept for such purpose.