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SECTION 2101
Definitions; construction of act
Uniform City Court Act (UCT) CHAPTER 497, ARTICLE 21
§ 2101. Definitions; construction of act.

The following words used in this act shall have the meaning defined in
this section, unless otherwise apparent from the context:

(a) "Administrative board" means the administrative board of the
judicial conference of the state.

(b) "Administrative judge" means the officer designated by the
appellate division of the department in which the court is located.

(c) "Appellate division" means the appellate division of the supreme
court in and for the department in which the court is located, or its
designated administrative judge.

(d) "City" means the city in which the court is located.

(e) "City clerk" means the clerk of the city in which the court is
located, or the person, by whatever other title, performing equivalent
duties.

(f) "Clerk" means the chief clerk or any other clerk or nonjudicial
person, regardless of title, employed by the court and designated to
perform the function referred to in the particular section.

(g) "Common council" means the local governing body of the city in
which the court is located.

(h) "County" means the county in which the court is located.

(i) "Court" means the court to which this act applies pursuant to §
2300, whether called "city court" or otherwise titled, or one of the
judges thereof, unless the context clearly indicates reference to some
other court.

(j) "Enforcement officer" means such officer or officers, whether
sheriffs or marshals or otherwise titled, designated pursuant to law to
execute the civil mandates of the court.

(k) "Judge" means any judicial officer of the court, unless the
context clearly indicates reference to some other judge.

(l) "Rules" means the rules adopted pursuant to § 2103 of this act.