§ 27-2-301 When demand necessary to perfect right to action
§ 27-2-302 Actions based on mutual accounts
§ 27-2-303 Actions for waste, trespass, or injury committed during mining work or exploration
§ 27-2-304 Actions involving personal property accruing after death and before issuance of letters of administration

Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 27 > Chapter 2 > Part 3 - Accrual of Cause of Action

  • action: as used in this chapter , is to be construed, whenever it is necessary to do so, as including a special proceeding of a civil nature. See Montana Code 27-2-101
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • 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
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.