Montana Code 27-18-901. Judgment when debt not yet due
27-18-901. Judgment when debt not yet due. (1) On the trial of any cause brought under the provisions of 27-18-203, judgment may be rendered on any such debt not due upon satisfactory proof to the court of the facts alleged in the affidavit for attachment, as provided in that section. Any such judgment shall be with a rebatement of the interest from the time said judgment is rendered until the time at which said debt shall have become due.
Terms Used In Montana Code 27-18-901
- 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
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(2)The defendant may, by plea, put in issue the matter alleged in the affidavit required in 27-18-203, and if the plaintiff fails to substantiate some one of the causes required to be alleged in said affidavit, the suit for debt or debts not due shall abate.