70-1-101. Property defined -- ownership. The ownership of a thing is the right of one or more persons to possess and use it to the exclusion of others. In this code, the thing of which there may be ownership is called property.
History: En. Sec. 1070, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4421, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6663, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 654; Field Civ. C. Sec. 159; re-en. Sec. 6663, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-201.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 1. Property in General Real and Personal
70-1-101. Property defined -- ownership
70-1-102. Ownership public or private -- state as private proprietor
70-1-103. Owner entitled to products and accessions
70-1-104. In what things property interests may exist
70-1-106. Real property defined
70-1-107. Choice of law as to real property
70-1-108. Personal property defined