Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 336 > Act 384 of 1976 - Chlorofluorocarbon Compounds

• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• Chlorofluorocarbon compound: means trichloromonofluoromethane (CFCl3) (propellant 11), dichlorodifluoromethane (CF2Cl2) (propellant 12), or tetrafluorodichloroethane (C2F4Cl2) (propellant 14). See Michigan Laws 336.101
• Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102
• 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.
• Department: means the department of public health. See Michigan Laws 336.101
• 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.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Insurance premium finance company: means a person engaged in the business of entering into insurance premium finance agreements. See Michigan Laws 500.1502
• Insurance producer: means that term as defined in section 1201. See Michigan Laws 500.116
• Insurer: means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal exchange, inter-insurer, Lloyds organization, fraternal benefit society, or other legal entity, engaged or attempting to engage in the business of making insurance or surety contracts. See Michigan Laws 500.106
• Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
• 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.
• Licensee: means a premium finance company holding a license issued by the commissioner under this chapter. See Michigan Laws 500.1502
• Nonhydrogenated: means containing no hydrogen. See Michigan Laws 336.101
• Ozone: means an allotropic, triatomic form of oxygen, chemically described as O3. See Michigan Laws 336.101
• 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
• Restricted use chlorofluorocarbon compound: means a chlorofluorocarbon compound and those related nonhydrogenated chlorofluorocarbons with similar physical and chemical properties, which the department finds is likely to contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer and by virtue of this depletion creates a present or future risk of harmful effects to human beings or other forms of life. See Michigan Laws 336.101
• 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