Terms Used In Montana Code 45-5-703

• Coercion: means :

  (a)the use or threat of force against, abduction of, serious harm to, or physical restraint of a person;

  (b)the use of a plan, pattern, or statement with intent to cause a person to believe that failure to perform an act will result in the use of force against, abduction of, serious harm to, or physical restraint of a person;

  (c)the abuse or threatened abuse of law or legal process;

  (d)controlling or threatening to control a person's access to any substance defined as a dangerous drug pursuant to Title 50, chapter 32, parts 1 and 2;

  (e)the actual or threatened destruction or taking of a person's identification document or other property;

  (f)the use of debt bondage;

  (g)the use of a person's physical or mental impairment when the impairment has a substantial adverse effect on the person's cognitive or volitional function; or

  (h)the commission of civil or criminal fraud. See Montana Code 45-5-701

• Knowingly: means only a knowledge that the facts exist which bring the act or omission within the provisions of this code. See Montana Code 1-1-204
• Labor or services: means activity having economic value. See Montana Code 45-5-701
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• 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