Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 87 > Chapter 5 > Part 1 - Nongame and Endangered Species

• Account: means the nongame wildlife account established in 87-5-121. See Montana Code 87-5-102
• Commercial purposes: means the collection, harvest, possession, or transportation of a species or subspecies of nongame wildlife from the wild with the intent to barter, offer for sale, ship or transport for eventual sale, or sell the animal or any part of the animal. See Montana Code 87-5-102
• 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.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Endangered species: means a species or subspecies of wildlife that is actively threatened with extinction due to any of the following factors:

  (a)the destruction, drastic modification, or severe curtailment of its habitat;

  (b)its overutilization for scientific, commercial, or sporting purposes;

  (c)the effect on it of disease, pollution, or predation;

  (d)other natural or artificial factors affecting its prospects of survival or recruitment within the state; or

  (e)any combination of the foregoing factors. See Montana Code 87-5-102

• 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.
• 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
• Management: means the collection and application of biological information for the purposes of conserving populations of wildlife consistent with other uses of land and habitat. See Montana Code 87-5-102
• Nongame wildlife: means a wild mammal, bird, amphibian, reptile, fish, mollusk, crustacean, or other wild animal not otherwise legally classified by statute or regulation of this state. See Montana Code 87-5-102
• 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.
• Peace officer: has the meaning as defined in 46-1-202. See Montana Code 1-1-207
• Person: means an individual, firm, corporation, association, or partnership. See Montana Code 87-5-102
• 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
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Take: means to harass, hunt, capture, or kill or attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill wildlife. See Montana Code 87-5-102
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Wildlife: means a wild mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, mollusk, crustacean, or other wild animal or any part, product, egg, or offspring or the dead body or parts of the animal. See Montana Code 87-5-102