Oregon Statutes 8.415 – Definitions for ORS 8.415 to 8.455
As used in ORS § 8.415 to 8.455, unless the context requires otherwise:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 8.415
- Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
- Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
(1) ‘Administrator’ means the State Court Administrator.
(2) ‘Advisory committee’ means the Certified Shorthand Reporters Advisory Committee created in ORS § 8.455.
(3) ‘Certified shorthand reporter‘ means an individual who has been certified to engage in the practice of stenographic reporting or voicewriting reporting under ORS § 8.415 to 8.455.
(4) ‘Stenographic reporting’ means the making and transcribing of a verbatim record of any court proceeding, deposition, hearing or other proceeding by means of a written system of either manual or machine shorthand procedures.
(5) ‘Voicewriting reporting’ means the making and transcribing of a verbatim record of any court proceeding, deposition, hearing or other proceeding by:
(a) Recording the words in the proceeding using a voice silencer for subsequent transcription; or
(b) Using a computerized speech-recognition transcription program. [Formerly 703.400; 1997 c.249 § 3; 2003 c.14 § 6; 2013 c.470 § 1]