Montana Code > Title 27 > Chapter 2 > Part 3 – Accrual of Cause of Action
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- action: as used in this chapter , is to be construed, whenever it is necessary to do so, as including a special proceeding of a civil nature. See Montana Code 27-2-101
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Personal property: means money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See Montana Code 1-1-205
- Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
- Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.