Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 324 > Act 451 of 1994 > Article I > Part 21 > Subpart 2 - Delinquent Taxes On Part-Paid Lands

• Commercial purposes: means offering for sale, selling, giving, or furnishing to others. See Michigan Laws 324.48728
• Commission: means the commission of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 324.301
• Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
• Department of natural resources: means the principal state department created in section 501. See Michigan Laws 324.301
• 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.
• Mollusks: means any mollusk of the classes bivalvia and gastropoda. See Michigan Laws 324.48701
• Reptiles: means any turtle, snake, or lizard of the class reptilia. See Michigan Laws 324.48701
• 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
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.