In the construction of a statute, the office of the judge is simply to ascertain and declare what is in terms or in substance contained therein, not to insert what has been omitted or to omit what has been inserted. Where there are several provisions or particulars, such a construction is, if possible, to be adopted as will give effect to all.
Mont. Code Ann. § 1-2-101
Role of the judge -- preference to construction giving each provision meaning
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 979 F. Supp. 1290 - Lehmann v. Washington National Insurance (1997)
Most recently applied in Myers v. Fulbright (March 2019)
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Official source: Montana Code Annotated (Montana Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Montana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.