§ 600.3001 Cumulative successor asbestos-related liability of corporation; definitions; limitations; determination of fair market value of total gross assets; increase; adjustment; prospective application of pro

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 600 > Act 236 of 1961 > Chapter 30 - Limitation of Successor Asbestos-Related Liability

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Authorized participant: means an individual who has a valid internet sports betting account with a sports betting operator and is at least 21 years of age. See Michigan Laws 432.403
  • Board: means the Michigan gaming control board created under section 4 of the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432. See Michigan Laws 432.403
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • 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.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Internet: means the international computer network of interoperable packet-switched data networks, inclusive of additional technological platforms, such as mobile, satellite, and other electronic distribution channels. See Michigan Laws 432.403
  • Internet sports betting: means operating, conducting, or offering for play sports betting through the internet. See Michigan Laws 432.403
  • Internet sports betting account: means an electronic ledger in which all of the following types of transactions relative to an authorized participant are recorded:
  (i) Deposits and credits. See Michigan Laws 432.403
  • Internet sports betting platform: means an integrated system of hardware, software, or applications, including mobile applications and servers, through which a sports betting operator operates, conducts, or offers sports betting through the internet. See Michigan Laws 432.403
  • Internet sports betting platform provider: means a sports betting supplier that contracts with a sports betting operator to provide an internet sports betting platform. See Michigan Laws 432.403
  • Internet sports betting wager: means the cash, or cash equivalent, including free play, loyalty points, and other redeemable sports betting credits, risked by an authorized participant on sports betting through the internet. See Michigan Laws 432.403
  • judgment: as used in this act , includes decree. See Michigan Laws 600.112
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • 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.
  • Sports betting: means to operate, conduct, or offer for play wagering conducted under this act on athletic events and other events approved by the board. See Michigan Laws 432.403
  • Sports betting operator: means a person that is issued a sports betting operator license. See Michigan Laws 432.403
  • Sports betting supplier: means a person that the board has identified under rules promulgated by the board as requiring a license to provide a sports betting operator goods or services regarding the operation of internet sports betting. See Michigan Laws 432.403
  • 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
  • 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