§ 27-1-401 When specific or preventive relief permitted
§ 27-1-402 How specific relief given
§ 27-1-403 How preventive relief given
§ 27-1-411 When specific performance of an obligation may be compelled
§ 27-1-412 Obligations which cannot be specifically enforced
§ 27-1-413 Specific performance not to be oppressive
§ 27-1-414 Right to specific performance to be mutual
§ 27-1-415 Parties who cannot be compelled to perform
§ 27-1-416 Parties who cannot obtain specific performance
§ 27-1-417 Specific performance by party who signed when other party did not sign contract
§ 27-1-418 Liquidation of damages not a bar to specific performance
§ 27-1-419 Specific performance of agreement to transfer property — distinction between real and personal property
§ 27-1-420 No specific performance of agreement to buy property when title not clear
§ 27-1-421 Compelling performance of successor in interest in title — obligations respecting real property
§ 27-1-431 Judgment for possession of or title to real property
§ 27-1-432 Judgment for delivery of personal property
§ 27-1-433 Cancellation of written instrument
§ 27-1-434 Cost of care of animals seized in animal cruelty and animal fighting cases
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Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 27 > Chapter 1 > Part 4 - Specific and Preventive Relief

  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • 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.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • 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
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
  • 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
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203