Montana Code > Title 30 > Chapter 7 > Part 3 – Bills of Lading — Special Provisions
Current as of: 2023 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 30 > Chapter 7 > Part 3 - Bills of Lading -- Special Provisions
- 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.
- Customary: means according to usage. See Montana Code 1-1-206
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Shipper: means a person that enters into a contract of transportation with a carrier. See Montana Code 30-7-102
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Usual: means according to usage. See Montana Code 1-1-206