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Mont. Code Ann. § 1-4-101 Role Of The Judge -- Preference To Construction Giving Each Provision Meaning
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In the construction of an instrument, 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 co…
Mont. Code Ann. § 1-4-102 Consideration Of Circumstances Surrounding Execution
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For the proper construction of an instrument, the circumstances under which it was made, including the situation of the subject of the instrument and of the parties to it, may also be shown so that the judge is placed in the position of those whose language the judge is to interp…
Mont. Code Ann. § 1-4-103 Intention Of The Parties -- Particular And General Provisions
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In the construction of an instrument, the intention of the parties is to be pursued if possible. When a general and particular provision are inconsistent, the latter is paramount to the former so a particular intent will control a general one that is inconsistent with it.
Mont. Code Ann. § 1-4-104 Preference To Construction Favoring Natural Right
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When an instrument is equally susceptible of two interpretations, one in favor of natural right and the other against it, the former is to be adopted.