Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 330 > Act 258 of 1974 > Chapter 5 > TRANSFER AND RETURN

• 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.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Building: means a structure, framework, or place for housing 1 or more persons or a tank, receptacle, or container for the storage of commodities or other materials. See Michigan Laws 29.1
• Bureau: means the bureau of fire services created in section 1b. See Michigan Laws 29.1
• Fire alarm system: means an assemblage of components that indicates or provides a warning of a fire emergency, installation of which is required by the bureau under rules promulgated under section 3c. See Michigan Laws 29.1
• Fire suppression system: means an integrated combination of a fire alarm system and fire suppression equipment that, as a result of predetermined temperature, rate of temperature rise, products of combustion, flame, or human intervention, will discharge a fire extinguishing substance over a fire area, installation of which is required by the bureau under rules promulgated under section 3c. See Michigan Laws 29.1
• Firm: means a sole proprietorship, partnership, association, or corporation. See Michigan Laws 29.1
• 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.
• Officer: means the village president, clerk, or treasurer, a village trustee, or an appointed person authorized by the council. See Michigan Laws 61.1a
• Owner: means a person with an ownership interest in property, and includes a trustee, a board of trustees of property, and a person with a freehold interest in property. See Michigan Laws 29.1
• Premises: means a lot or parcel of land, exclusive of buildings, and includes a parking lot, tourist camp, trailer camp, airport, stockyard, junkyard, wharf, pier, and any other place or enclosure. See Michigan Laws 29.1
• 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
• State fire marshal: means the individual appointed by the director under section 1b. See Michigan Laws 29.1
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.