Michigan Laws 52.117 – Construction of act
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 52.117
- 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
The provisions of this act shall apply only to counties within the state having a population of 250,000 and upwards. It is the intent of this act by general law to provide for coroners and a coroner’s staff sufficient in number and ability to transact a volume of business coming within the jurisdiction of the coroner in counties having a large population.