Section 2101. Definitions  


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  • The following words or phrases 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 judicial officer  designated,  by
      the  appellate division of the department in which the court is located,
      to be administrator of the particular court.
        (c) "Appellate division" means the appellate division of  the  supreme
      court  in  and  for  the  department  in  which  the particular court is
      located, or its designated administrative judge.
        (d) "City" means  the  city  in  and  for  which  is  established  the
      particular  court,  which  court is established in and for a city and is
      governed by this act, to which this act is being applied.
        (e) "City justice" means the justice or  justices  of  the  particular
      court,  established in and for a city and governed by this act, to which
      court this act is being applied.
        (f) "Clerk" means the clerk of the particular court to which this  act
      is being applied, or the non-judicial person performing the functions of
      such  office;  if the particular court has no such clerk or non-judicial
      person, it means the justice of such court.
        (g) "County" means the county in which is  located,  in  whole  or  in
      part,  the  municipality  in and for which the particular court to which
      this act is being applied is located.
        (h) "County clerk" means the clerk of the county defined above.
        (i) "Court" embraces each and every court or office to which this  act
      is applicable pursuant to § 2300 and, for purposes of the application of
      this act to each such court, it shall be taken as a reference to either:
        1. the town court of the particular town; or
        2.  the  village  court  of the particular village, and if there is no
      court established in and for the particular village it  means  the  town
      court,  if  any, of the town in which the village is located in whole or
      in part; or
        3. the court established in and for the particular city, if such court
      is governed by this act; as the case may be.
        (j) "Court established in and for a city" means a court established in
      and for a city, which court is governed by this act pursuant to  §  2300
      of this act.
        (k)  "Enforcement officer" means any appropriate officer as enumerated
      in § 110 of this act.
        (l) "Justice" embraces every justice of every court to which this  act
      applies,  and  it  shall  be  taken as a reference to the justice of the
      particular court to which this act is being applied.
        (m) "Municipal board" means the local  governing  body  of  the  town,
      village  or city in and for which the particular court to which this act
      is being applied is established.
        (n) "Municipality" means, as applied to:
        1. a town court, the town in and for which it is  established  and  it
      includes  a  village  located  in  whole or in part within the town with
      respect to civil causes of action arising  within  such  village  or  if
      there is no court established in and for such village;
        2.  a  village  court, the village in and for which it is established;
      and
        3. a court established in and for a city, which court is  governed  by
      this act, the city in and for which it is established.
        (o) "Rules" means the rules adopted pursuant to § 2103 of this act.
        (p)  "Town"  means  the  town  in  and  for  which  is established the
      particular town court to which this act is being applied.  It  does  not
    
      include  any village which is in whole or in part within the town unless
      there is no village court established in and for such village, in  which
      event it does include such village. It does not include any city.
        (q)  "Town  court" means the particular court or office established in
      and for a town, which court or office is governed by this  act  pursuant
      to § 2300 of this act and to which this act is being applied.
        (r)  "Town  justice"  means  the justice or justices of the particular
      town court to which this act is being applied.
        (s) "Village" means the village in and for which  is  established  the
      particular village court to which this act is being applied.
        (t)  "Village  court" means the particular court or office established
      in and for a village, which court or office  is  governed  by  this  act
      pursuant to § 2300 of this act and to which this act is being applied.
        (u)  "Village justice" means the justice or justices of the particular
      village court to which this act is being applied.