Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 701 > Complaints

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Board: means the Construction Contractors Board. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
• Commercial contractor: means a licensed contractor that holds an endorsement as a:

  (a) Commercial general contractor level 1;

  (b) Commercial specialty contractor level 1;

  (c) Commercial general contractor level 2;

  (d) Commercial specialty contractor level 2; or

  (e) Commercial developer. See Oregon Statutes 701.005

• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contractor: means any of the following:

  (a) A person that, for compensation or with the intent to sell, arranges or undertakes or offers to undertake or submits a bid to construct, alter, repair, add to, subtract from, improve, inspect, move, wreck or demolish, for another, a building, highway, road, railroad, excavation or other structure, project, development or improvement attached to real estate, or to do any part thereof. See Oregon Statutes 701.005

• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• 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.
• Large commercial structure: means a structure that is not a residential structure or small commercial structure. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Officer: means any of the following persons:

  (a) A president, vice president, secretary, treasurer or director of a corporation. See Oregon Statutes 701.005

• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Residential contractor: means a licensed contractor that holds an endorsement as a:

  (a) Residential general contractor;

  (b) Residential specialty contractor;

  (c) Residential limited contractor;

  (d) Residential developer;

  (e) Residential locksmith services contractor;

  (f) Residential restoration contractor;

  (g) Home inspector services contractor;

  (h) Home services contractor; or

  (i) Home energy performance score contractor. See Oregon Statutes 701.005

• 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.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.