Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 30 > Chapter 7 > Part 1 - General

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• 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
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
• Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Montana Code 30-7-102
• 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.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Warehouse: means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. See Montana Code 30-7-102