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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply in the Montana Code Annotated:
(1) “Affidavit” means a sworn written declaration made before an officer authorized to administer oaths or an unsworn written declaration made under penalty of perjury as provided in 1-6-105.
(2) “Execution” of an instrument means subscribing and delivering it, with or without affixing a seal.
(3) “Folio”, when used as a measure for computing fees, means 100 words, counting every two letters or numbers necessarily used as a word. Any portion of a folio, when in the whole paper there is not a complete folio and when there is an excess over the last folio exceeding one-half, may be computed as a folio.
(4) “Printing” means the act of reproducing a design on a surface by any process.
(5) “Signature” or “subscription” includes the mark of a person who cannot write if the person's name is written near the mark by another person who also signs that person's own name as a witness.
(6) “Subscribing witness” means a person who sees a writing executed or hears it acknowledged and at the request of the party signs the person's name as a witness.
(7) “Writing” includes printing.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Montana Title 1. General Laws and Definitions § 1-1-203. Terms relating to instruments and other writings - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mt/title-1-general-laws-and-definitions/mt-st-1-1-203/
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