Terms Used In Michigan Laws 766.8

  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Magistrate: means a judge of the district court or a judge of a municipal court. See Michigan Laws 761.1
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
   The person accused may be committed as provided in the preceding section, by the verbal order of the magistrate, or by a warrant under his hand, stating that he is committed for such further examination on a day to be named in the warrant; and on the day therein specified, he may be brought before the magistrate by his verbal order to the same officer by or to whose custody he was committed, or by an order in writing to a different officer.