Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 10 > Chapter 4 > Part 2 - Funding

• Access line: means a voice service of a provider of exchange access services, a wireless provider, or a provider of interconnected voice over IP service that has enabled and activated service for its subscriber to contact a public safety answering point via a 9-1-1 system by entering or dialing the digits 9-1-1. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the department of justice provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 20. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Local government: has the meaning provided in 7-11-1002. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• 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
• Prepaid wireless service: means a commercial mobile radio service that:

  (a)allows a subscriber to use a 9-1-1 system to engage in emergency communications; and

  (b)is paid for in advance and sold in predetermined units or dollars of which the number declines with use in a known amount, including prepaid wireless phone cards, recharge or refill authorization codes, and prepaid cell phones or other prepaid wireless devices preloaded with airtime minutes. See Montana Code 10-4-101

• Provider: means a public utility, a cooperative telephone company, a wireless provider, a provider of interconnected voice over IP service, a provider of exchange access services, or any other entity that provides access lines. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• Seller: means a person who owns or operates a business that sells prepaid wireless services directly to a subscriber. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• 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
• Subscriber: means :

  (a)an end user who has an access line or who contracts with a wireless provider for commercial mobile radio services; or

  (b)a customer who purchases prepaid wireless services from a seller in a transaction. See Montana Code 10-4-101

• Transaction: means the purchase of prepaid wireless service from a seller for any purpose other than resale. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203