§ 750.520a Definitions
§ 750.520b Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree; circumstances; felony; consecutive terms
§ 750.520c Criminal sexual conduct in the second degree; felony
§ 750.520d Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree; felony
§ 750.520e Criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree; misdemeanor
§ 750.520f Second or subsequent offense; penalty
§ 750.520g Assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct; felony
§ 750.520h Corroboration of victim’s testimony not required
§ 750.520i Resistance by victim not required
§ 750.520j Evidence of victim’s sexual conduct
§ 750.520k Suppression of names and details
§ 750.520l Legal spouse as victim
§ 750.520m DNA identification profiling; chemical testing; manner of collecting and transmitting samples; existing DNA identification profile; assessment; definitions
§ 750.520n Lifetime electronic monitoring
§ 750.520o Violation of MCL 750.520b, 750.520c, 750.520d, 750.520e, or 750.520g by individual or juvenile who is student; definitions
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 750 > Act 328 of 1931 > Chapter LXXVI - Rape

  • Actor: means a person accused of criminal sexual conduct. See Michigan Laws 750.520a
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
  • 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.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Developmental disability: means an impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior that meets all of the following criteria:
  (i) It originated before the person became 18 years of age. See Michigan Laws 750.520a
  • Electronic monitoring: means that term as defined in section 85 of the corrections code of 1953, 1953 PA 232, MCL 791. See Michigan Laws 750.520a
  • 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.
  • felony: when used in this act, shall be construed to mean an offense for which the offender, on conviction may be punished by death, or by imprisonment in state prison. See Michigan Laws 750.7
  • Intellectual disability: means that term as defined in section 100b of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330. See Michigan Laws 750.520a
  • Intermediate school district: means a corporate body established under part 7 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 750.520a
  • Intimate parts: includes the primary genital area, groin, inner thigh, buttock, or breast of a human being. See Michigan Laws 750.520a
  • 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.
  • Mental health professional: means that term as defined in section 100b of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330. See Michigan Laws 750.520a
  • Mental illness: means a substantial disorder of thought or mood that significantly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to cope with the ordinary demands of life. See Michigan Laws 750.520a
  • Mentally disabled: means that a person has a mental illness, is intellectually disabled, or has a developmental disability. See Michigan Laws 750.520a
  • Mentally incapable: means that a person suffers from a mental disease or defect that renders that person temporarily or permanently incapable of appraising the nature of his or her conduct. See Michigan Laws 750.520a
  • Mentally incapacitated: means that a person is rendered temporarily incapable of appraising or controlling his or her conduct due to the influence of a narcotic, anesthetic, or other substance administered to that person without his or her consent, or due to any other act committed upon that person without his or her consent. See Michigan Laws 750.520a
  • month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Nonpublic school: means a private, denominational, or parochial elementary or secondary school. See Michigan Laws 750.520a
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Personal injury: means bodily injury, disfigurement, mental anguish, chronic pain, pregnancy, disease, or loss or impairment of a sexual or reproductive organ. See Michigan Laws 750.520a
  • Physically helpless: means that a person is unconscious, asleep, or for any other reason is physically unable to communicate unwillingness to an act. See Michigan Laws 750.520a
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Public school: means a public elementary or secondary educational entity or agency that is established under the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 750.520a
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • School district: means a general powers school district organized under the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 750.520a
  • seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:
    •   (a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3n
  • Sexual contact: includes the intentional touching of the victim's or actor's intimate parts or the intentional touching of the clothing covering the immediate area of the victim's or actor's intimate parts, if that intentional touching can reasonably be construed as being for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification, done for a sexual purpose, or in a sexual manner for:
    •   (i) Revenge. See Michigan Laws 750.520a
  • Sexual penetration: means sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anal intercourse, or any other intrusion, however slight, of any part of a person's body or of any object into the genital or anal openings of another person's body, but emission of semen is not required. See Michigan Laws 750.520a
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • 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
  • Victim: means the person alleging to have been subjected to criminal sexual conduct. See Michigan Laws 750.520a