Montana Code > Title 27 > Chapter 17 > Part 4 – Judgment — Return of Property
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- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- 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
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- 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