Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 49 > Chapter 2 > Part 2 - Commission for Human Rights

• Commission: means the commission for human rights provided for in 2-15-1706. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of labor and industry provided for in 2-15-1701. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Department: means the department of labor and industry provided for in 2-15-1701. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Educational institution: means a public or private institution and includes an academy; college; elementary or secondary school; extension course; kindergarten; nursery; school system; university; business, nursing, professional, secretarial, technical, or vocational school; or agent of an educational institution. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Employee: means an individual employed by an employer. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Employer: means an employer of one or more persons or an agent of the employer but does not include a fraternal, charitable, or religious association or corporation if the association or corporation is not organized either for private profit or to provide accommodations or services that are available on a nonmembership basis. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Employment agency: means a person undertaking to procure employees or opportunities to work. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• 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.
• Financial institution: means a commercial bank, trust company, savings bank, finance company, savings and loan association, credit union, investment company, or insurance company. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Housing accommodation: means a building or portion of a building, whether constructed or to be constructed, that is or will be used as the sleeping quarters of its occupants. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Oath: includes an affirmation or declaration. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Person: means one or more individuals, labor unions, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated employees' associations, employers, employment agencies, organizations, or labor organizations. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• Public accommodation: means a place that caters or offers its services, goods, or facilities to the general public subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable to all persons. See Montana Code 49-2-101
• 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
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.