Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 7 > Chapter 4 > Part 46 - Office of City Attorney

• Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
• 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.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Committee: means the Montana rangeland resources committee selected as provided in 2-15-3305(2). See Montana Code 76-14-103
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Customary: means according to usage. See Montana Code 1-1-206
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the department of natural resources and conservation. See Montana Code 76-14-103
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• 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.
• 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.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• 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 any individual or association, partnership, corporation, or other business entity. See Montana Code 76-14-103
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• 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.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Range condition: means the current condition of the vegetation on a range site in relation to the natural potential plant community for that site. See Montana Code 76-14-103
• Range management: means a distinct discipline founded on ecological principles and dealing with the husbandry of rangelands and range resources. See Montana Code 76-14-103
• Rangeland: means land on which the native vegetation (climax or natural potential) is predominantly grasses, grasslike plants, forbs, or shrubs suitable for grazing or browsing use. See Montana Code 76-14-103
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Several: means two or more. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• 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
• State coordinator: means the state coordinator for the Montana Rangeland Resources Act provided for in 2-15-3304. See Montana Code 76-14-103
• Tame pastureland: means land that has been modified by mechanical cultivation and that has current vegetation consisting of native or introduced species, or both. See Montana Code 76-14-103
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201