§ 2101. Definitions.

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.