Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 10 > Chapter 2 - Veterans

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Business: includes a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, trust or foundation, or any other individual or organization carrying on a business, whether or not operated for profit. See Montana Code 2-2-102
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Eligible service member: means a service member who meets the criteria established in 10-2-804(2). See Montana Code 10-2-802
• Eligible veteran: means a veteran of the United States armed forces who was a citizen of Montana at any time during the veteran's military service and is authorized by the U. See Montana Code 10-2-802
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Family member: means the spouse of an eligible service member or a person who is a parent, child, brother, sister, or grandparent of an eligible service member by lineage, adoption, legal guardianship, or marriage. See Montana Code 10-2-802
• Interment: has the meaning provided in 37-19-101. See Montana Code 10-2-501
• Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
• Judicial officers: means justices of the supreme court, judges of the district courts, justices of the peace, municipal judges, and city judges. See Montana Code 1-1-202
• 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.
• Legislative council: means the statutory committee established in 5-11-101. See Montana Code 2-1-403
• Local government: means a municipality, a county, or a consolidated city-county government. See Montana Code 2-1-601
• Local government: means a county, a consolidated government, an incorporated city or town, a school district, or a special district. See Montana Code 2-2-102
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Policy: means a formal or informal rule, order, ordinance, or policy, whether written or unwritten. See Montana Code 2-1-601
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Private interest: means an interest held by an individual that is:

  (a)an ownership interest in a business;

  (b)a creditor interest in an insolvent business;

  (c)an employment or prospective employment for which negotiations have begun;

  (d)an ownership interest in real property;

  (e)a loan or other debtor interest; or

  (f)a directorship or officership in a business. See Montana Code 2-2-102

• Public employee: means :

  (a)any temporary or permanent employee of the state, including an employee of the judicial branch;

  (b)any temporary or permanent employee of a local government;

  (c)a member of a quasi-judicial board or commission or of a board, commission, or committee with rulemaking authority; and

  (d)a person under contract to the state. See Montana Code 2-2-102

• Public officer: includes any state officer and any elected officer of a local government. See Montana Code 2-2-102
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Special district: means a unit of local government, authorized by law to perform a single function or a limited number of functions. See Montana Code 2-2-102
• State agency: means an office, position, commission, committee, board, department, council, division, bureau, section, or any other entity or instrumentality of the executive branch of state government. See Montana Code 2-1-601
• State agency: includes :

  (i)the state;

  (ii)the legislature and its committees;

  (iii)all executive departments, boards, commissions, committees, bureaus, and offices;

  (iv)the university system; and

  (v)all independent commissions and other establishments of the state government. See Montana Code 2-2-102

• State officer: includes all elected officers and directors of the executive branch of state government as defined in 2-15-102 and all judicial officers, justices, district court judges, and judges of the judicial branch of state government. See Montana Code 2-2-102
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• United States armed forces: means the active and reserve components of the United States army, marine corps, navy, air force, space force, coast guard, and national guard. See Montana Code 10-2-802
• Usage: means a reasonable and lawful public custom concerning transactions of the same nature as those which are to be affected thereby, existing at the place where the obligation is to be performed, and either known to the parties or so well established, general, and uniform that the parties must be presumed to have acted with reference thereto. See Montana Code 1-1-206
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203