Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 27 > Chapter 17 - Claim and Delivery of Personal Property

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Personal property: means money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See Montana Code 1-1-205
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Political subdivision: means a local government unit including but not limited to a county, city, or town established under authority of Article XI, section 1, of The Constitution of the State of Montana or a school district. See Montana Code 2-16-602
• State-district: means a public service commission district, a legislative representative or senatorial district, or a judicial district. See Montana Code 2-16-602
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Usual: means according to usage. See Montana Code 1-1-206