§ 70-16-201 Owner of land bounded by water
§ 70-16-202 Owner of land bounded by road
§ 70-16-203 Adjoining owner’s right to lateral and subjacent support — excavations
§ 70-16-204 Trees on or near boundary
§ 70-16-205 Monuments and fences — mutual obligation of adjoining owners
§ 70-16-206 Partition fences required — adjoining lands previously enclosed
§ 70-16-207 Occupant of land adjoining enclosure of another — when required to share expense of partition fence
§ 70-16-208 Partition fence when common occupancy ceases
§ 70-16-209 Repair or rebuilding of partition fences
§ 70-16-210 Removal of partition fence
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Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 70 > Chapter 16 > Part 2 - Adjoining Landowners and Boundaries -- Fences

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • 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
  • Usage: means a reasonable and lawful public custom concerning transactions of the same nature as those which are to be affected thereby, existing at the place where the obligation is to be performed, and either known to the parties or so well established, general, and uniform that the parties must be presumed to have acted with reference thereto. See Montana Code 1-1-206
  • Usual: means according to usage. See Montana Code 1-1-206
  • Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203