Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 7 > Chapter 2 > Part 41 - Organization and Incorporation of New Municipalities

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Body piercing: means penetrating the skin to make a hole, mark, or scar that is generally permanent in nature. See Montana Code 50-48-102
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Department: means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201. See Montana Code 50-48-102
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Establishment: means either a body-piercing operation, a tattooing operation, or a combination of both operations in a multiple-type establishment. See Montana Code 50-48-102
• 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.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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.
• Knowingly: means only a knowledge that the facts exist which bring the act or omission within the provisions of this code. See Montana Code 1-1-204
• Local board of health: means a county, city, city-county, or district board of health provided for in Title 50, chapter 2. See Montana Code 50-48-102
• Multiple-type establishment: means an operation encompassing both body piercing and tattooing on the same premises and under the same management. See Montana Code 50-48-102
• 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: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other entity engaged in the business of operating, owning, or offering the services of body piercing or tattooing. See Montana Code 50-48-102
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• 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
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Regulatory authority: means the department of public health and human services, the local board of health, the local health officer, or the local sanitarian. See Montana Code 50-48-102
• 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
• Tattooing: means making permanent marks on the skin of a live human being by puncturing the skin and inserting indelible colors. See Montana Code 50-48-102
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203