{"data":{"id":"us-mt/28-2-301","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"28-2-301","heading":"Essential characteristics of consent.","body":"The consent of the parties to a contract must be:\n(1) free;\n(2) mutual; and\n(3) communicated by each to the other.","path":["TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS","CHAPTER 2. CONTRACTS","Part 3. Consent in General"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0280/chapter_0020/part_0030/section_0010/0280-0020-0030-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:43Z","sha256":"445b04ef7e49671a467bd482b3fe4804881124227f76979ea61081d6ac1734fd","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/28-2-206","next":"us-mt/28-2-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}