{"data":{"id":"us-mt/27-1-103","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"27-1-103","heading":"Civil and criminal actions.","body":"(1) Actions are of two kinds:\n(a) civil; and\n(b) criminal.\n(2) A civil action is prosecuted by one party against another for the enforcement or protection of a right or the redress or prevention of a wrong. Titles 45 and 46 define and provide for the prosecution of a criminal action. When the violation of a right admits of both a civil and criminal remedy, the right to prosecute the one is not merged in the other.","path":["TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS","CHAPTER 1. AVAILABILITY OF REMEDIES -- LIABILITY","Part 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0270/chapter_0010/part_0010/section_0030/0270-0010-0010-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:23Z","sha256":"256196af7e7f2267989d249a3a36a446c6ef8da505957497341cb7043efba777","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/27-1-102","next":"us-mt/27-1-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}