Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 290 > Act 74 of 1917 - Standard Climax Baskets, Baskets, or Other Containers

• Certificate of authority: means a certificate issued under this act to a motor carrier authorizing a transportation service. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• Commission: means the Michigan public service commission. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• 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.
• 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.
• For hire: means for remuneration or reward of any kind, paid or promised, either directly or indirectly. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• fully allocated costs: means total costs, including variable costs, plus an allocation of fixed costs. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• Household goods: means personal effects and property used or to be used in a dwelling when a part of the equipment or supply of that dwelling. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• 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
• Intrastate-only motor carrier of property: means a motor carrier of property that is not a UCR motor carrier. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• 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.
• Motor carrier: means a motor carrier of general commodities or a motor carrier of household goods. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• Motor carrier of general commodities: means a person that is an authorized for-hire motor carrier, either directly or through any device or arrangement, of property other than household goods upon or over a public highway. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• Motor carrier of household goods: means a person that, either directly or through any device or arrangement, packs, loads, unloads, or transports household goods upon or over a public highway for the general public in exchange for payment. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• Motor vehicle: means an automobile, truck, trailer, semitrailer, truck tractor, road tractor, or a self-propelled or motor or mechanically driven vehicle, or a vehicle attached to, connected with, or drawn by a self-propelled or motor or mechanically driven vehicle, used upon a public highway of this state. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• 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
• Person: means an individual, partnership, association, or corporation, and their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by a court. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• public: means the part or portion of the general public that a motor carrier is ready, able, willing, and equipped to serve. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• Public highway: means a public highway, road, street, avenue, alley, or thoroughfare of any kind, or a bridge, tunnel, or subway used by the public. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• 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
• Through any device or arrangement: means any and all methods, means, agreements, circumstances, operations, or subterfuges under which a person undertakes for hire to conduct, direct, control, or otherwise perform the transportation by motor vehicle of property upon the public highways of this state. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• UCR motor carrier: means a person that is required to pay fees and file information under section 14504a of the federal unified carrier registration act of 2005, 49 USC 14504a. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• Unified carrier registration agreement: means the interstate agreement developed under the unified carrier registration plan governing the collection and distribution of registration and financial responsibility information provided and fees paid by UCR motor carriers, motor private carriers, brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing companies under section 14504a of the federal unified carrier registration act of 2005, 49 USC 14504a. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• Unified carrier registration plan: means the organization of state, federal, and industry representatives responsible for developing, implementing, and administering the unified carrier registration agreement under section 14504a of the federal unified carrier registration act of 2005, 49 USC 14504a. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o