1-1-205. Terms relating to property and decedents' estates. Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply in the Montana Code Annotated:
(1) "Personal property" means money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt.
(2) "Pledge", "mortgage", "conditional sale", "lien", "assignment", and like terms, when used in referring to a security interest in personal property, include a corresponding type of security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code--Secured Transactions.
(3) "Property" means real and personal property.
(4) "Real property" means lands, tenements, hereditaments, and possessory title to public lands.
(5) "Will" includes codicils.
History: En. Sec. 16, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 16, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 4, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 16, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 17; re-en. Sec. 16, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 25, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 11-114, Ch. 264, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 19-103(part), (1), (2), (3), (8), (26).
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 1. General Laws and Definitions
Part 2. General Definitions of Terms Used in Code
1-1-201. Terms of wide applicability
1-1-202. Terms relating to procedure and the judiciary
1-1-203. Terms relating to instruments and other writings
1-1-204. Terms denoting state of mind
1-1-205. Terms relating to property and decedents' estates
1-1-206. Terms relating to obligations and transactions
1-1-208. Terms relating to legislature
1-1-209. through 1-1-213 reserved
1-1-215. Residence -- rules for determining
1-1-216. Legal holidays and business days
1-1-217. Notice -- actual and constructive
1-1-218. Words giving joint authority
1-1-219. Relationship by affinity
1-1-220. through 1-1-223 reserved
1-1-224. Observance of right to keep and bear arms
1-1-225. Arbor Day as official day of observance
1-1-226. Official observance of Montana's hunting heritage
1-1-228. American Indian heritage day
1-1-229. State teen driver safety day
1-1-230. Welcome home Vietnam veterans day