Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 52 > Chapter 8 > Part 1 - Licensing

• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• 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.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: includes any individual, partnership, voluntary association, or corporation. See Montana Code 52-8-101
• Placement activities: means any of the following:

  (a)placement of a child for adoption or foster care;

  (b)arranging or providing short-term foster care for a child pending an adoptive placement; or

  (c)facilitating placement of a child by maintaining a list in any form of birth parents or prospective adoptive or foster parents. See Montana Code 52-8-101