§ 250.1001 Short title
§ 250.1002 Markers; erection and maintenance; private contributions
§ 250.1003 “Carleton Road.”
§ 250.1003a “Corpsman Aaron D. Ullom Memorial Bridge.”
§ 250.1003b “PFC Nicholas H. Blodgett Memorial Highway”; “CPL Ross A. Smith Memorial Highway”; “SPC Eric T. Burri Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1004 “Roberts-Linton Highway” and “Veterans of World War I Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1004a “Tpr. Steven B. Devries Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1004b “Trooper Larry Forreider Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1004c “Trooper Craig A. Scott Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1005 “Frank D. Fitzgerald Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1005a “Lansing Firefighter Dennis E. Rodeman Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1005a[1] “Veterans Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1006 “Earle Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1006a “Kenneth J. Moraska Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1006b “Trooper Byron J. Erickson Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1007 “United Spanish War Veterans’ Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1007a “James Bondsteel Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1008 “United Spanish War Veterans’ Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1008a “John Wayne “Dusty” Marcum Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1008b “Darryl M. Rantanen Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1008c “Ben Lauren and Don Riling Memorial Highway”; “Senator Tom Casperson Memorial Bridge”; “Julie Plawecki Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1009 “Leif Erikson Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1009a “PFC Andrew H. Nelson Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1009b “SPC Robert Friese Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1010 “107th Engineer Memorial Road.”
§ 250.1010a “Deputy Grant Whitaker Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1010a[1] “Sergeant Collin Rose Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1011 “Blue Star Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1011a “Sergeant Joe Johnson Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1011b “Trooper Vicki Moreau DeVries Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1011c “Officer Scott Flahive Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1012 “Pulaski Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1012a “Officer Martin ‘Marty’ Chivas Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1012a[1] “Candice Dunn Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1012b “Peter A. Pettalia Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1013 “Clara Barton Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1014 “Pere Marquette Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1014a “PFC Brett Witteveen Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1015 “Columbus Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1015a “Specialist 5 Michael May and Corporal Chris Esckelson Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1016 “AmVets Memorial Drive.”
§ 250.1016a “Marine Lance Corporal Ryan Burgess Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1016b “Trooper Robert J. Mihalik Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1016c “Marine Lance Corporal Steven J. Szymanski Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1016d “Cpl. Casey P. Zylman Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1017 “Green Arrow Route”; “Green Arrow Route-Mackinac Trail.”
§ 250.1017a “Veterans Highway.”
§ 250.1017a[1] “Major Andrew Becker USAF Memorial Hwy.”
§ 250.1018 “AmVets Memorial Parkway.”
§ 250.1018a “Corrections Officers Jack Budd and Josephine McCallum Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1018a[1] “PFC Alan Robert Blohm Memorial Hwy.”
§ 250.1018b “Deputy Gate Keeper George W. Haight Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1019 “Adler Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1019a “Chief Ed Switalski Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1020 “American Legion Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1020a “Trooper Calvin R. Jones Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1020b “Purple Heart Trail.”
§ 250.1021 “David Dunbar Buick Freeway” and “The UAW Freeway.”
§ 250.1021a “Michigan State Trooper Timothy O’Neill Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1021b “SOC Jason R. Freiwald Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1022 “Louis Chevrolet Freeway.”
§ 250.1023 “Walter P. Reuther Highway.”
§ 250.1023a “Mitchel A. Kiefer Foundation for Distracted Driver Awareness Highway.”
§ 250.1024 “Charles J. Rogers Interchange.”
§ 250.1024a “Brian Derks Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1025 “Olds Freeway.”
§ 250.1026 “Gerald R. Ford Freeway.”
§ 250.1027 “G. Mennen Williams Highway”; “Prentiss M. Brown Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1028 “Sojourner Truth Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1029 “Philip A. Hart Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1029a “Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Price Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1030 “Veterans Memorial Freeway.”
§ 250.1030a “Det. Sgt. Christopher M. Wouters Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1031 “Christopher Columbus Freeway.”
§ 250.1032 “Veterans Memorial Highway”; “Bataan and Corregidor Veterans Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1033 “Chevrolet-Buick Freeway.”
§ 250.1034 “DeWayne T. Williams Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1035 “American Legion Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1035a “Officer Jessica Nagle-Wilson Memorial Highway”
§ 250.1036 “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1036a “Violet T. Lewis Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1037 “Jacobetti Highway.”
§ 250.1038 “Disabled American Veterans Highway.”
§ 250.1039 “Fort Custer Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1040 “Veterans Memorial Road.”
§ 250.1041 “Moses J. Jones Parkway.”
§ 250.1042 “Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1042b “Peter C. Lemon Highway.”
§ 250.1043 “AmVets Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1044 “Walter P. Chrysler Freeway.”
§ 250.1045 “Joseph H. Meagher Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1046 “Haskell L. Nichols Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1047 117th quartermaster battalion
§ 250.1048 “Iron Brigade Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1049 “St. Joseph Valley Parkway.”
§ 250.1050 “World War II Veterans Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1051 “Disabled American Veterans Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1051a “Officer Mason Samborski Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1052 “Matt McNeely Boulevard.”
§ 250.1052a “Sgt. Craig S. Frank Memorial Highway”
§ 250.1053 “Paul B. Henry Freeway.”
§ 250.1054 “Keith Deacon Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1055 “Sydney Ouwinga Memorial Bypass.”
§ 250.1056 “Veterans’ Memorial Drive.”
§ 250.1057 “Veterans’ Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1058 “D. H. Day Highway.”
§ 250.1059 “Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1060 “Bernie Borden Memorial Overpass.”
§ 250.1061 “Veteran’s Memorial Causeway.”
§ 250.1062 “James G. O’Hara Freeway.”
§ 250.1063 “Veteran’s Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1064 “94th Combat Infantry Division Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1065 “Purple Heart Highway.”
§ 250.1066 “Cesar E. Chavez Way”
§ 250.1067 “James M. Pelton Firefighters Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1068 “Gary Priess Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1068a “Deputy Eric Overall Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1069 “Officer Eric Zapata Memorial Highway”
§ 250.1070 “Trooper Jeffrey Werda Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1071 “Sheriff Robert Radden Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1072 “Oscar G. Johnson Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1073 “Veterans Memorial Bridge.”
§ 250.1074 “Veterans Memorial Bridge.”
§ 250.1074[1] “Purple Heart Trail.”
§ 250.1075 “Veterans Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1076 “Graham Barlow Jr., WWII Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1077 “Elgie G. Hanna Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1078 “UAW Sitdown Strike Memorial Highway”; “Marine Corps League Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1079 “Veterans Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1080 “Fallen Soldiers of Iraqi Freedom Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1081 “Trooper Paul K. Butterfield, II Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1082 “Kevin Sherwood Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1083 “Tim Sanborn Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1084 “Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Highway”; markers; location
§ 250.1085 “Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway”
§ 250.1086 “POW/MIA Memorial Freeway.”
§ 250.1087 “Holocaust Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1088 “Hazen Shirley ‘Kiki’ Cuyler Memorial Highway”; “George Edward (Ted) Seman Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1089 “Firefighter Brian Woehlke Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1089a “Detective LaVern S. Brann Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1090 “102nd United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.) Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1091 “Clare County Veterans Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1092 “10th Mountain Division Highway”; “Ronald W. Reagan Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1093 “Veteran’s Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1094 “David Warsen Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1095 “Matt Urban Memorial Bridge.”
§ 250.1096 “Joseph Prentler Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1097 “AMVETS Memorial Scenic Drive”
§ 250.1097a “Trooper James R. DeLoach and Trooper Steven J. Niewiek Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1098 “Rosa Parks Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1099 Repeal of certain acts
§ 250.1100 Repeal of certain resolutions
§ 250.1101 “Marine Sergeant Michael P. Hodshire Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1102 “SPC Holly McGeogh Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1103 “PFC Ronald James Fitch Memorial Highway”; “Ensign Francis Flaherty Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1104 “Deputy Ernest W. Heikkila Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1105 “Army Specialist Deangelo Snow Memorial Highway”
§ 250.1106 “Sergeant Matthew R. Soper Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1107 “Patrolman Bobby Lynn Williams Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.1110 “Kevin D. White Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.2050 “Lance Corporal Justin Ellsworth Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.2059 “Mark V. Ingram II Freeway.”
§ 250.2060 “Harry Gast Parkway”
§ 250.2061 “Officer Trevor Slot Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.2062 “Sgt. Henry E. Plant Memorial Grand River Bridge Non-Motorized Trail.”
§ 250.2063 “Trooper Rick L. Johnson Memorial Freeway.”
§ 250.2064a “Earl DeMarse Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.2065 “Staff Sergeant Ergin V. Osman Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.2066 “Ontonagon County Veterans Memorial Bridge.”
§ 250.2067 “Gold Star Mothers Memorial Highway”
§ 250.2068 “Heath Michael Robinson Cut River Memorial Bridge.”
§ 250.2070 “Auxiliary Lieutenant Dan Kromer Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.2070a “Firefighter Coleman A. Tate Memorial Highway”
§ 250.2071 “Corporal Matthew Edwards Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.2072 “Medal of Honor Recipients Highway”; separate sign
§ 250.2073 “Underground Railroad Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.2073a “Sergeant Ryan J. Proxmire Memorial Highway”
§ 250.2074 “Carl Oleson, Jr. bridge”
§ 250.2075 “Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.2075a “Staff Sergeant Eugene H. E. Alex Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.2077 “Officer James Bonneau Memorial Bridge.”
§ 250.2078 “William Davidson memorial highway”
§ 250.2079 “PFC Harold R. Cooley-WWII Marine Corps League Memorial Highway”
§ 250.2079a “PFC Shane Cantu Veterans Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.2080 “Underground Railroad Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.2081 “Staff Sergeant Duane J. Dreasky Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.2083 “Aretha L. Franklin Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.2084 “Army Sergeant First Class Michael Cathcart Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.2085 “Trooper Rodger M. Adams Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.2086 “Samuel R. Costello Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.2089 “PFC Kenneth Coates Memorial Interchange.”
§ 250.2090 “Sergeant Kristopher J. Gould Memorial Bridge.”
§ 250.2091 “Trooper Manuel H. Fields Memorial Highway.”
§ 250.2092 “Michigan Desert Storm Veterans Memorial Highway.”

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 250 > Act 142 of 2001 - Michigan Memorial Highway Act

  • activation: means a request by the emergency management coordinator appointed pursuant to section 8 or 9 of the emergency management act, 1976 PA 390, MCL 30. See Michigan Laws 418.161
  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • after-tax average weekly wage: means average weekly wage as defined in section 371 reduced by the prorated weekly amount which would have been paid under the federal insurance contributions act, 26 U. See Michigan Laws 418.313
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • annual meeting: when applied to townships, mean the annual meeting required by law to be held on the Saturday immediately preceding the first Monday in April. See Michigan Laws 8.3d
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • average weekly wage: means the weekly wage earned by the employee at the time of the employee's injury in all employment, inclusive of overtime, premium pay, and cost of living adjustment, and exclusive of any fringe or other benefits which continue during the disability. See Michigan Laws 418.371
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Carrier: means a self-insurer or an insurer. See Michigan Laws 418.601
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • Committee: means the Michigan civilian conservation corps partnership steering committee created in section 22. See Michigan Laws 409.321
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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.
  • Corps: means the Michigan civilian conservation corps established under this chapter. See Michigan Laws 409.302
  • Corps: means the Michigan civilian conservation corps established pursuant to this chapter. See Michigan Laws 409.321
  • Corpsmember: means a participant in the corps. See Michigan Laws 409.302
  • Corpsmember: means a participant in the corps. See Michigan Laws 409.321
  • Court: means the family division of the circuit court. See Michigan Laws 400.643
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Department: means the department of human services. See Michigan Laws 400.643
  • Department: means the department of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 409.302
  • Department: means the department of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 409.321
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Descendent: One who is directly descended from another such as a child, grandchild, or great grandchild.
  • director: means the director of the bureau or his or her duly authorized representative. See Michigan Laws 418.201
  • Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 409.302
  • Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 409.321
  • Disability: means a limitation of an employee's wage earning capacity in work suitable to his or her qualifications and training resulting from a personal injury or work-related disease. See Michigan Laws 418.301
  • Disability: means a limitation of an employee's wage earning capacity in work suitable to his or her qualifications and training resulting from a personal injury or work-related disease. See Michigan Laws 418.301
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • employee: means :
  (a) A person in the service of the state, a county, city, township, village, or school district, under any appointment, or contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written. See Michigan Laws 418.161
  • Endowment fund: means the Michigan civilian conservation corps endowment fund created in section 12a. See Michigan Laws 409.302
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • 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
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Insurer: means an organization that transacts the business of worker's compensation insurance within this state. See Michigan Laws 418.601
  • 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.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Lineal descendant: Direct descendant of the same ancestors.
  • Medical care: as used in this act means medical care rendered under the supervision of a licensed physician in an organized out-patient department of a hospital licensed by the department of community health under article 17 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 400.55
  • Medical institution: means a state licensed or approved hospital, nursing home, medical care facility, psychiatric hospital, or other facility or identifiable unit of a listed institution certified as meeting established standards for a nursing home or hospital in accordance with the laws of this state. See Michigan Laws 400.106
  • medically indigent individual: means any of the following:
    •   (a) An individual receiving family independence program benefits or an individual receiving supplemental security income under title XVI or state supplementation under title XVI subject to limitations imposed by the director according to title XIX. See Michigan Laws 400.106
  • month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
  • 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.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Poor person: means a person who does not have property, exempt or otherwise, and who is unable, because of physical or mental disability or age, to earn a livelihood, or a person who has some means but is eligible to receive relief or assistance granted under Act No. See Michigan Laws 401.1
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Relative: means a husband, wife, father, or mother. See Michigan Laws 401.1
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Resident: means an individual who has in this state the individual's true, fixed, and permanent home and principal establishment to which the individual intends to return whenever absent. See Michigan Laws 409.302
  • Resident: means an individual who has in this state the individual's true, fixed, and permanent home and principal establishment to which the individual intends to return whenever absent. See Michigan Laws 409.321
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Self-insurer: means either of the following:
    •   (i) An individual employer authorized to carry its own risk. See Michigan Laws 418.601
  • Sequester: To separate. Sometimes juries are sequestered from outside influences during their deliberations.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • 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.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • wage earning capacity: means the wages the employee earns or is capable of earning at a job reasonably available to that employee, whether or not wages are actually earned. See Michigan Laws 418.301
  • Wage loss: means the amount of wages lost due to a disability. See Michigan Laws 418.301
  • Youth: means an individual who is at least 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age. See Michigan Laws 400.643