{"data":{"id":"us-mt/28-1-101","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"28-1-101","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(1) An obligation is a legal duty by which a person is bound to do or not to do a certain thing.\n(2) Performance of an obligation for the delivery of money only is called payment.","path":["TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS","CHAPTER 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL","Part 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0280/chapter_0010/part_0010/section_0010/0280-0010-0010-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:40Z","sha256":"0d3f843140c01ee95521f0cfb55bc183bb735b75eeb568830b97442c593bc985","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/27-34-112","next":"us-mt/28-1-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}