Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 17 > Chapter 3 - Federal Revenues and Endowments

• Agreement: shall mean contract and shall include renewals and alterations of a contract. See Montana Code 17-3-301
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• 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.
• Department: shall mean the department of revenue of the state of Montana. See Montana Code 17-3-301
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Federal assistance programs: means any financial assistance made to a state agency by an agency of the United States government, whether a grant, loan, gift, contract, or in any other form. See Montana Code 17-3-102
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Grantee agency: means any agency of state government receiving federal funds. See Montana Code 17-3-102
• Project: shall mean any resettlement project or rural rehabilitation project for resettlement purposes of the United States, located within this state, and shall include persons inhabiting such project. See Montana Code 17-3-301
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Services: shall mean such public and state functions as are performed for property in and persons residing within this state. See Montana Code 17-3-301
• Several: means two or more. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• State: shall mean the state of Montana. See Montana Code 17-3-301
• State agency: means any agency of state government eligible to apply for and receive federal funds. See Montana Code 17-3-102
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• United States: shall mean the United States of America. See Montana Code 17-3-301