§ 1-1-205

1-1-205. Terms relating to property and decedents' estates. Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply in the Montana Code Annotated: (1) 'Personal property' means money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. (2) 'Pledge', 'mortgage', 'conditional sale', 'lien', 'assignment', and like terms, when used in referring to a security interest in personal property, include a corresponding type of security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code--Secured Transactions. (3) 'Property' means real and personal property. (4) 'Real property' means lands, tenements, hereditaments, and possessory title to public lands. (5) 'Will' includes codicils. History: En. Sec. 16, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 16, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 4, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 16, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 17; re-en. Sec. 16, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 25, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 11-114, Ch. 264, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 309, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 19-103(part), (1), (2), (3), (8), (26).