Oregon Statutes 147.450 – Definitions
As used in ORS § 147.450 to 147.471:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 147.450
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(1) ‘Domestic violence’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 135.230 and includes teen dating violence.
(2) ‘Sexual assault’ means any unwanted sexual contact as defined in ORS § 163.305.
(3) ‘Teen dating violence’ means:
(a) A pattern of behavior in which a person uses or threatens to use physical, mental or emotional abuse to control another person who is in a dating relationship with the person, where one or both persons are 13 to 19 years of age; or
(b) Behavior by which a person uses or threatens to use sexual violence against another person who is in a dating relationship with the person, where one or both persons are 13 to 19 years of age. [2001 c.870 § 23; 2007 c.71 § 40; 2012 c.69 § 2]
147.450 to 147.471 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS Chapter 147 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.