Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 35 > Chapter 2 > Part 11 - Secretary of State

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• articles: include amended and restated articles of incorporation and articles of merger. See Montana Code 35-2-114
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Corporation: means a public benefit corporation, mutual benefit corporation, or religious corporation. See Montana Code 35-2-114
• Domestic corporation: means a corporation. See Montana Code 35-2-114
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• filing: means filed in the office of the secretary of state. See Montana Code 35-2-114
• Foreign corporation: means a corporation that is organized under a law other than the law of this state, including the laws of a federally recognized Indian tribe, and that would be a nonprofit corporation if formed under the laws of this state. See Montana Code 35-2-114
• Person: includes any individual or entity. See Montana Code 35-2-114
• 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 35-2-114
• Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the board of directors has delegated responsibility under 35-2-439(2) for custody of the minutes of the directors' and members' meetings and for authenticating the records of the corporation. See Montana Code 35-2-114
• 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