{"data":{"id":"us-mt/28-1-1401","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"28-1-1401","heading":"Accord -- definition and effect.","body":"An accord is an agreement to accept in extinction of an obligation something different from or less than that to which the person agreeing to accept is entitled. Though the parties to an accord are bound to execute it, yet it does not extinguish the obligation until it is fully executed.","path":["TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS","CHAPTER 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL","Part 14. Accord and Satisfaction"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0280/chapter_0010/part_0140/section_0010/0280-0010-0140-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:42Z","sha256":"2320acdd5ced8277dcb37cb6196e7f3cd4448fa3e7a61e0c52f100a85d7365d5","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/28-1-1304","next":"us-mt/28-1-1402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}