1-1-203. Terms relating to instruments and other writings.
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1-1-203 . Terms relating to instruments and other writings. 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.