Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 60 > Office and Agent

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Delivery: means any method of delivery used in conventional commercial practice, including by hand, mail, commercial delivery and, in accordance with ORS § 60. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
• domestic corporation: means a corporation for profit that is incorporated under or subject to the provisions of this chapter and that is not a foreign corporation. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
• Domestic limited liability company: means an entity that is an unincorporated association that has one or more members and that is organized under ORS Chapter 63. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
• Domestic nonprofit corporation: means a corporation not for profit that is incorporated under ORS Chapter 65. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
• Domestic professional corporation: means a corporation that is organized under ORS Chapter 58 for the purpose of rendering professional services and for the purposes provided under ORS Chapter 58. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
• Foreign corporation: means a corporation for profit that is incorporated under laws other than the laws of the state. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
• Foreign limited liability company: means an entity that is an unincorporated association organized under laws other than the laws of the state and that is organized under a statute under which an association may be formed that affords to each of the entity's members limited liability with respect to liabilities of the entity. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
• Foreign nonprofit corporation: means a corporation not for profit that is organized under laws other than the laws of the state. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
• Foreign professional corporation: means a professional corporation that is organized under laws other than the laws of the state. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
• Individual: means a natural person or the estate of an incompetent individual or a deceased individual. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• local government: means all cities, counties and local service districts located in this state, and all administrative subdivisions of those cities, counties and local service districts. See Oregon Statutes 174.116
• Person: means an individual or entity. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
• Principal office: means the physical street address of an office, in or out of this state, where the principal executive offices of a domestic or foreign corporation are located and designated in the annual report or in the application for authority to transact business in this state. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
• Proceeding: means a civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory action. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Written: means embodied as a document. See Oregon Statutes 60.001