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• Original Acts; Custody - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.1
  The original acts of the legislature shall be deposited with, and kept by, the secretary of state. History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 1 ;-- Am. ...
• General Rules Of Construction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3
  In the construction of the statutes of this state, the rules stated in sections 3a to 3w shall be observed, unless such construction would ...
• Approved Usage; Technical Words And Phrases - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3a
  All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to the common and approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, ...
• Singular And Plural; Gender - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3b
  Every word importing the singular number only may extend to and embrace the plural number, and every word importing the plural number may be ...
• Authority Of Majority - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3c
  All words purporting to give a joint authority to 3 or more public officers or other persons shall be construed as giving such authority ...
• "Annual Meeting" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3d
  The words "annual meeting," when applied to townships, mean the annual meeting required by law to be held on the Saturday immediately preceding the ...
• "Grantor" And "Grantee" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3e
  The word "grantor" may be construed as including every person from or by whom any estate in lands passes in or by any deed. ...
• "Inhabitant" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3f
  The word "inhabitant" means a resident of a city, township, village, district or county. History: Add. 1959, Act 189, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1959 ...
• "Insane Person" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3g
  The words "insane person" shall be construed to include an idiot, a non compos, a lunatic and an otherwise distracted person. History: Add. 1959, ...
• Repealed. 1978, Act 642, Eff. July 1, 1979 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3h
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section defined "issue" as applied to the descent of estates. ...
• "Land,""Real Estate," And "Real Property" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3i
  The words "land", "lands", "real estate" and "real property" mean lands, tenements and real estate, and all rights thereto and interests therein. History: Add. ...
• "Month" And "Year" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3j
  The word "month" means a calendar month; the word "year", a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words ...
• "Oath" And "Sworn" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3k
  The word "oath" shall be construed to include the word "affirmation" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an ...
• "Person" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3l
  The word "person" may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. History: Add. 1959, Act 189, Imd. ...
• "Preceding" And "Following" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3m
  The words "preceding" and "following", when used by way of reference to any title, chapter or section of the statutes of this state, shall ...
• "Seal" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3n
  In all cases in which the seal of any court or public office is required to be affixed to any paper issuing from such ...
• "State" And "United States" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3o
  The word "state", when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of ...
• Repealed. 1978, Act 642, Eff. July 1, 1979 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3p
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section defined "will". ...
• "Written" And "In Writing" Construed - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3q
  History: Add. 1959, Act 189, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1959 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 266, Imd. Eff. Dec. 16, 2005 ...
• Acts Of Incorporation Deemed Public Acts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3r
  All acts of incorporation shall be deemed public acts, and as such may be declared on and given in evidence without specially pleading the ...
• "General Election" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3s
  The words "general election" mean the election required by law to be held in the month of November but do not include any primary ...
• "Firearm" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3t
  The word "firearm", except as otherwise specifically defined in the statutes, shall be construed to include any weapon from which a dangerous projectile may ...
• Re-Enactments - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3u
  The provisions of any law or statute which is re-enacted, amended or revised, so far as they are the same as those of prior ...
• Population - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3v
  The population of the state or any political subdivision thereof shall be determined, unless otherwise specifically provided, on the basis of the latest federal ...
• Section Numbers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.3w
  Wherever in the statute laws of this state a reference is made to several sections and the section numbers are connected by the word ...
• Effect Of Repeal Of Repealing Statute - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.4
  Whenever a statute, or any part thereof shall be repealed by a subsequent statute, such statute, or any part thereof, so repealed, shall not ...
• Effect Of Repeal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.4a
  The repeal of any statute or part thereof shall not have the effect to release or relinquish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under ...
• Catchline Not Part Of Section - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.4b
  The catch line heading of any section of the statutes that follows the act section number shall in no way be deemed to be ...
• "Shall Not Apply" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.4c
  As used in the statutes of this state, "shall not apply" means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or ...
• Severability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.5
  In the construction of the statutes of this state the following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest ...
• Statutes And Rules; Time; Computation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.6
  This section applies to the statutes and administrative rules. In computing a period of days, the first day is excluded and the last day ...
• Department Of Natural Resources; References - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.7
  Whenever reference is made to the department of conservation or the conservation commission it shall mean the department of natural resources or the natural ...
• "Law" Defined; Reference To "Michigan Compiled Laws"; Reference To Statute As Including Latest Amendments; Use Of "As Amended"; Reference In Title Or Enacting Section To Law Adding Or Amending Section Subsequent To Most Recent Published Compilation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.8
  (1) As used in this section, "law" means any of the following: (a) A public act of the legislature. (b) An initiated law adopted by ...
• Statutes; Definition: Registered Mail - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.11
  Wherever there is contained in the statutes of this state the term or terms, or direction for the use of, "registered mail" or "registered ...
• Acts And Joint Resolutions; Binding - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.21
  That the secretary of state be, and he is hereby required, to cause to be arranged and bound in a substantial manner, all acts ...
• Acts And Joint Resolutions; Binding After Enrollment, Certificate, Signatures - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.22
  Hereafter, at the close of each session of the legislature, the secretary of state shall cause to be bound in like manner the enrolled ...
• Acts And Joint Resolutions; Bound Volumes As Records, Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.23
  The acts and joint resolutions, when bound and certified, as specified in this act, shall be kept in the office of the secretary of ...
• Compilations Of Laws And Compilation Of Rules; Legislative Council; Office Of Regulatory Reform - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.41
  (1) The legislative council shall provide for compilations of all general laws in force. (2) The office of regulatory reform shall provide compilations of administrative ...
• Administrative Code; Revision, Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.42
  (1) The office of regulatory reform shall provide for an orderly revision of the Michigan administrative code. (2) Personnel working on the revision and the ...
• Administrative Code; Revision; Purpose - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.43
  The revision of the Michigan administrative code shall clarify, simplify, and shorten rules while retaining their substance, sense, and meaning. The revision may include ...
• Revised Rules; Publication; Certificate - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.44
  A revised rule is not subject to the requirements of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, pertaining ...
• Contracts; Supervision - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.45
  (1) The council, in the case of the compiled laws, and the office of regulatory reform, in the case of rules, may enter into 1 ...
• Republications; Supplements - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.46
  The council, in the case of the compiled laws, and the office of regulatory reform, in the case of the Michigan administrative code, may ...
• Volumes Of Compiled Laws And Rules; Examination; Certification - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.47
  (1) Before any copies of a volume of the compilation of the compiled laws are printed and bound or otherwise made available to the general ...
• Compiled Laws And Administrative Code; Purchase; Distribution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 8.48
  The council shall purchase a sufficient number of sets of the compiled laws and the office of regulatory reform shall purchase a sufficient number ...

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