A water right certificate issued in accordance with the provisions of ORS § 537.250 which, after the expiration of three months from the date it is issued, has not been contested and canceled in the manner provided in ORS § 537.260, and a water right certificate, when issued under ORS § 539.140, shall be conclusive evidence of the priority and extent of the appropriation therein described in any proceeding in any court or tribunal of the state, except in those cases where the rights of appropriation thereby described have been abandoned subsequent to issuance of the certificate.

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 537.270

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.

 

[Renumbered 537.335]