Section 2101. Definitions  


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  • 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)  "Clerk"  means the chief clerk or any other clerk or non-judicial
      person, regardless of title, employed by the  court  and  designated  to
      perform the function referred to in the particular section.
        (e) "County" means the county in which the court is located.
        (f) "County executive" means the officer, regardless of title, holding
      the highest executive position in the county.
        (g)  "Court"  means  the  district  court  in the county or one of the
      judges thereof, unless the context clearly indicates reference  to  some
      other court.
        (h)  "District"  means  a  district  of  the  court within the county,
      whether the court is established for the entire county or  only  a  part
      thereof, and whether or not the districts of the court within the county
      are contiguous.
        (i)  "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.
        (j)  "Judge"  means any judicial officer of the district court, unless
      the context clearly indicates reference to some other judge.
        (k) "Rules" means the rules adopted pursuant to § 2103 of this act.
        (l) "Supervisors" means the board of  supervisors  or  other  elective
      governing body of the county.