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TITLE 1. GENERAL LAWS AND DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER 2. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
Part 1. General Provisions
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Mont. Code Ann. § 1-2-104
(2021)

Preference to construction favoring natural right

When a statute is equally susceptible of two interpretations, one in favor of natural right and the other against it, the former is to be adopted.

Official Annotations
History:
En. Sec. 620, p. 200, L. 1877
Re-en. Sec. 620, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879
Re-en. Sec. 638, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887
Re-en. Sec. 3142, C. Civ. Proc. 1895
Re-en. Sec. 7883, Rev. C. 1907
Re-en. Sec. 10527, R.C.M. 1921
Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1866
Re-en. Sec. 10527, R.C.M. 1935
R.C.M. 1947, 93-401-23(part).
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