Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 2 > Chapter 17 > Part 6 - Government Competition With Private Internet Providers

• Agency: has the meaning provided for in 2-15-102. See Montana Code 2-17-602
• Bailee: means a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them. See Montana Code 30-7-102
• Carrier: means a person that issues a bill of lading. See Montana Code 30-7-102
• Consignee: means the person named in a bill of lading to which or to whose order the bill promises delivery. See Montana Code 30-7-102
• Consignor: means the person named in a bill of lading as the person from which the goods have been received for shipment. See Montana Code 30-7-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Delivery order: means a record that contains an order to deliver goods directed to a warehouse, carrier, or other person that in the ordinary course of business issues warehouse receipts or bills of lading. See Montana Code 30-7-102
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Good faith: means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing. See Montana Code 30-7-102
• Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. See Montana Code 30-7-102
• Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Internet services provider: means a person or an entity that provides a service, available to the public, that enables the person's or entity's customers to access the internet, purchase internet server or file-hosting services, colocate internet equipment, or use data transmission over the internet for a fee. See Montana Code 2-17-602
• Issuer: means a bailee that issues a document of title or, in the case of an unaccepted delivery order, the person that orders the possessor of goods to deliver. See Montana Code 30-7-102
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Person entitled under a document: means the holder, in the case of a negotiable document of title, or the person to which delivery of the goods is to be made by the terms of, or pursuant to instructions in a record under, a nonnegotiable document of title. See Montana Code 30-7-102
• Political subdivision: has the meaning provided for in 2-9-101. See Montana Code 2-17-602
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Warehouse: means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. See Montana Code 30-7-102
• Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203