Sec. 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, and such as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law, shall be construed and understood according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning.
Approved usage; technical words and phrases.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 8.3a, under Revised Statutes of 1846.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 8.3a