The ownership of a thing is the right of one or more persons to possess and use it to the exclusion of others. In this code, the thing of which there may be ownership is called property.
Mont. Code Ann. § 70-1-101
Property defined -- ownership
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 51 F. Supp. 2d 1065 - Fire Insurance Exchange v. Tibi (1995)
Most recently applied in Alderson v. United States (May 2010)
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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.