Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 3 > Chapter 15 > Part 3 - Jurors -- Competency and Excuses

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Affidavit: means a sworn written declaration made before an officer authorized to administer oaths or an unsworn written declaration made under penalty of perjury as provided in 1-6-105. See Montana Code 1-1-203
• Apprentice: means a person who is working under the supervision of a licensed direct-entry midwife and is seeking licensure as a direct-entry midwife under this chapter. See Montana Code 37-27-103
• Board: means the alternative health care board established in 2-15-1730. See Montana Code 37-27-103
• Board: means the board of respiratory care practitioners established in 2-15-1750. See Montana Code 37-28-102
• Board: means the state board of dentistry provided for in 2-15-1732. See Montana Code 37-29-102
• Continuous care: means care provided for one person from the initial history-taking interview through monthly prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum periods. See Montana Code 37-27-103
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Denture: means any removable full or partial upper or lower prosthetic dental appliance to be worn in the mouth. See Montana Code 37-29-102
• Denturist: means a person licensed under this chapter to engage in the practice of denturitry. See Montana Code 37-29-102
• Department: means the department of labor and industry provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 17. See Montana Code 37-29-102
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Direct-entry midwife: means a person who advises, attends, or assists a woman during pregnancy, labor, natural childbirth, or the postpartum period. See Montana Code 37-27-103
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Juror: A person who is on the jury.
• Licensee: means a person authorized by this chapter to practice direct-entry midwifery. See Montana Code 37-27-103
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Postpartum period: means the period up to 6 weeks following birth. See Montana Code 37-27-103
• Practice of denturitry: means :

  (a)the making, fitting, constructing, altering, reproducing, or repairing of a denture and furnishing or supplying of a denture directly to a person or advising the use of a denture; or

  (b)the taking or making or the giving of advice, assistance, or facilities respecting the taking or making of any impression, bite, cast, or design preparatory to or for the purpose of making, constructing, fitting, furnishing, supplying, altering, repairing, or reproducing a denture. See Montana Code 37-29-102

• Practice of direct-entry midwifery: means the advising, attending, or assisting of a woman during pregnancy, labor, natural childbirth, or the postpartum period. See Montana Code 37-27-103
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
• Respiratory care: means the care provided by a member of the allied health profession responsible for the treatment, management, diagnostic testing, and control of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities associated with the cardiopulmonary system. See Montana Code 37-28-102
• Respiratory care practitioner: means a person who has the knowledge and skill necessary to administer respiratory care and who is licensed under the provisions of part 2 of this chapter. See Montana Code 37-28-102
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Student respiratory care practitioner: means a person:

  (a)enrolled in a respiratory care educational program recognized by the joint review committee for respiratory therapy education and the American medical association's committee on allied health education and accreditation, or their successors;

  (b)permitted to provide respiratory care under clinical supervision; and

  (c)identified as a student respiratory care practitioner or "SRCP". See Montana Code 37-28-102

• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Willfully: when applied to the intent with which an act is done or omitted, means a purpose or willingness to commit the act or make the omission referred to. See Montana Code 1-1-204