Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 22 > Chapter 3 > Part 4 - Antiquities

• Affected property owner: means a person or entity whose real property will be physically affected by the activity of an applicant or whose real property is proposed for incorporation into a historic district proposed as eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. See Montana Code 22-3-421
• Antiquities permit: means the permit granted for excavation, removal, or restoration of heritage properties or paleontological remains provided for in 22-3-432. See Montana Code 22-3-421
• 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.
• Applicant: means a person who applies to a governmental entity, including a federal, state, or local governmental entity, for a permit, license, or lease on property owned by the governmental entity. See Montana Code 22-3-421
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Heritage property: means any district, site, building, structure, or object located upon or beneath the earth or under water that is significant in American history, architecture, archaeology, or culture. See Montana Code 22-3-421
• Historic preservation office: means the office within the Montana historical society provided for in 2-15-1512. See Montana Code 22-3-421
• Historic preservation officer: means the officer provided for in 2-15-1512. See Montana Code 22-3-421
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Paleontological remains: means fossilized plants and animals of a geological nature found upon or beneath the earth or under water which are rare and critical to scientific research. See Montana Code 22-3-421
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Preservation review board: means the board provided for in 2-15-1512. See Montana Code 22-3-421
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
• Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Real property: means lands, tenements, hereditaments, and possessory title to public lands. See Montana Code 1-1-205
• Register: means the National Register of Historic Places, the official list of the nation's heritage properties worthy of preservation because of national, state, or local significance. See Montana Code 22-3-421
• 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
• State agency: means any executive agency of the state of Montana. See Montana Code 22-3-421
• 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