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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 18 - Judgments

  • Academic content standards: means expectations of student knowledge and skills adopted by the State Board of Education under ORS § 329. See Oregon Statutes 329.007
  • Accessory building or structure: means any portable, demountable or permanent structure, including but not limited to cabanas, ramadas, storage sheds, garages, awnings, carports, decks, steps, ramps, piers and pilings, that is:

    (a) Owned and used solely by a tenant of a manufactured dwelling or floating home; or

    (b) Provided pursuant to a written rental agreement for the sole use of and maintenance by a tenant of a manufactured dwelling or floating home. See Oregon Statutes 90.100

  • Action: means any proceeding commenced in a court in which the court may render a judgment. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
  • Action: includes recoupment, counterclaim, setoff, suit in equity and any other proceeding in which rights are determined, including an action for possession. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • 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.
  • Affiliated organization: means any profit or not-for-profit corporation, limited liability company, partnership, sole proprietorship, sponsoring entity or other form of legal entity:

    (a) That is the lessor of the real property on which the facilities of the provider are situated;

    (b) That a provider has identified in its disclosure statement pursuant to ORS § 101. See Oregon Statutes 101.020

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Anniversary: means the day each year that is exactly one or more years after:

    (a) The date on which the Secretary of State files the articles of incorporation for a domestic corporation. See Oregon Statutes 60.001

  • Anniversary: means the day each year that is exactly one or more years after:

    (a) The date on which the Secretary of State files the articles of organization for a domestic limited liability company. See Oregon Statutes 63.001

  • Anniversary: means February 28 if an event occurs that would otherwise cause an anniversary to fall on February 29. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • 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.
  • Applicant: means a provider that has submitted an application and disclosure statement to register as a continuing care retirement community. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
  • Applicant screening charge: means any payment of money required by a landlord of an applicant prior to entering into a rental agreement with that applicant for a residential dwelling unit, the purpose of which is to pay the cost of processing an application for a rental agreement for a residential dwelling unit. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Application fee: means a fee charged to an individual or individuals, prior to execution of a residency agreement, apart from an entrance fee. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appropriate advisory board: means the advisory board that has jurisdiction over a particular code, standard, license, certification or matter. See Oregon Statutes 455.010
  • 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
  • Articles: means articles of incorporation, articles of conversion or articles of merger. See Oregon Statutes 62.015
  • Articles of incorporation: means the articles described in ORS § 60. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Articles of incorporation: means the articles of incorporation described in ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Articles of merger: means the articles of merger described in ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Articles of organization: means the document described in ORS § 63. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • Assessment: means any charge imposed or levied by the association of unit owners on or against a unit owner or unit pursuant to provisions of the declaration or the bylaws of the condominium or provisions of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
  • association: means the association provided for under ORS § 100. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Attorney: includes an associate member of the Oregon State Bar practicing law within the member's approved scope of practice. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
  • Audited financial statement: means a provider's financial statement that has been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and that has been audited by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and includes notes to the financial statement that state whether or not the continuing care retirement community is in compliance with its reserve requirements. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
  • Authorized shares: means the shares of all classes that a domestic or foreign corporation is authorized to issue. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Bailiff: a court officer who enforces the rules of behavior in courtrooms.
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Bias crime: has the meaning given that term in ORS § 147. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Board: means board of directors. See Oregon Statutes 62.015
  • Board of directors: means the individual or individuals who are vested with overall management of the affairs of a domestic corporation or foreign corporation, irrespective of the name that designates the individual or individuals. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Building and housing codes: includes any law, ordinance or governmental regulation concerning fitness for habitation, or the construction, maintenance, operation, occupancy, use or appearance of any premises or dwelling unit. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Bylaws: means a set of provisions for managing and regulating a corporation's affairs that the corporation must adopt under ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Carbon monoxide source: has the meaning given that term in ORS § 105. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • CCRC: means any provider that is registered with the Department of Human Services and agrees to furnish continuing care to a resident under a residency agreement. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • Child: means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
  • Child support award: means a money award or agency order that requires the payment of child support and that is entered under ORS § 25. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
  • Child support order: means a support order for a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state or foreign country. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
  • Civil action: means any action that is not a criminal action. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
  • Class: means a group of memberships that have the same rights, including rights that are determined by a formula that is applied uniformly, with respect to voting, dissolution, redemption and transfer. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Closed bed long term care facility: means a licensed long term care facility in a continuing care retirement community that is used exclusively by individuals receiving long term care services under a residency agreement. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
  • Committee membership: Legislators are assigned to specific committees by their party. Seniority, regional balance, and political philosophy are the most prominent factors in the committee assignment process.
  • Common elements: means the general common elements and the limited common elements. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Community learning center: means a school-based or school-linked program providing informal meeting places and coordination for community activities, adult education, child care, information and referral and other services as described in ORS § 329. See Oregon Statutes 329.007
  • condominium unit: means a part of the property which:

    (a) Is described in ORS § 100. See Oregon Statutes 100.005

  • Conduct: means the commission of an act or the failure to act. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Conservator: means a person appointed as a conservator under the provisions of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 125.005
  • Contact information: means a street address, a mailing address or an electronic address at which a member or director elects to receive notices and other messages from the corporation. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Continuing care: means directly furnishing or indirectly making available, upon payment of an entrance fee and under a residency agreement, housing and health related services for a period greater than one year to an individual not related by blood or marriage to the continuing care retirement community provider that is furnishing care. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
  • Convention: means the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, concluded at The Hague on November 23, 2007. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
  • Cooperative: means a cooperative corporation that is subject to the provisions of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 62.015
  • Corporation: means a corporation that is not a cooperative. See Oregon Statutes 62.015
  • Corporation: means a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • council: means a body of residents of a continuing care retirement community who are elected by the residents and recognized by the provider as representing the interests of the residents. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • County court: includes board of county commissioners. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • Court reporter: A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
  • Criminal action: has the meaning given in ORS § 131. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
  • DBH: means the diameter at breast height, which is measured as the width of a standing tree at four and one-half feet above the ground on the uphill side. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Dealer: means any person in the business of selling, leasing or distributing new or used manufactured dwellings or floating homes to persons who purchase or lease a manufactured dwelling or floating home for use as a residence. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Declarant: means a person who records a declaration under ORS § 100. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
  • Declaration: means the instrument described in ORS § 100. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Delegate: means a person who is elected or appointed to vote in a representative assembly for electing a director or directors or on other matters. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Deliver: means to transfer by any method of delivery used in conventional commercial practice, including delivery by hand, mail, commercial delivery and electronic transmission. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • 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
  • Delivery: means a method of delivery that is used in conventional commercial practice and includes hand delivery, mail delivery, commercial delivery and electronic transmission. See Oregon Statutes 62.015
  • Department: means the Department of Education. See Oregon Statutes 329.007
  • Department: means the Department of Consumer and Business Services. See Oregon Statutes 455.010
  • 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.
  • Designated director: means a director that the articles of incorporation or the bylaws designate as a director in a manner that identifies a specific individual or a group of individuals. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Director: means an individual who acts as a member of the board of directors, who has a right to vote on questions concerning the management and regulation of a corporation's affairs and who is:

    (a) An appointed director;

    (b) A designated director; or

    (c) A director elected by the incorporators, directors or members. See Oregon Statutes 65.001

  • Director: means the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. See Oregon Statutes 455.010
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Distribution: means a direct or indirect transfer of money or other property, except of a corporation's own shares, or a corporation's incurrence of indebtedness to or for the benefit of the corporation's shareholders in respect of any of the corporation's shares, in the form of a declaration or payment of a dividend, a purchase, redemption or other acquisition of shares, a distribution of indebtedness, or otherwise. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Distribution: means a direct or indirect transfer of money or other property, except of a limited liability company's own interests, or a limited liability company's incurrence of indebtedness to or for the benefit of the limited liability company's members in respect of a member's interests, whether in the form of a declaration or payment of profits, a purchase, retirement or other acquisition of interests, a distribution of indebtedness, or otherwise. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • Distribution: means a payment to a person from the income or assets of a corporation, other than a payment of reasonable value to a person for property received or services performed or a payment that furthers the corporation's purposes. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • 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 corporation: means a nonprofit corporation that is not a foreign corporation and that is incorporated under or subject to the provisions of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • 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 limited liability company: means an entity that is an unincorporated association that has one or more members and is organized under this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • Domestic nonprofit corporation: means a corporation not for profit that is incorporated under ORS Chapter 65. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Domestic nonprofit corporation: means a corporation not for profit that is incorporated under ORS Chapter 65. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • domestic professional corporation: means a corporation organized under this chapter for the specific purpose of rendering professional service or services and for such other purposes provided under this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 58.015
  • 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
  • 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 63.001
  • Drug and alcohol free housing: means a dwelling unit described in ORS § 90. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Duty of support: means an obligation imposed or imposable by law to provide support for a child, spouse or former spouse, including an unsatisfied obligation to provide support. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
  • Dwelling unit: means a structure or the part of a structure that is used as a home, residence or sleeping place by one person who maintains a household or by two or more persons who maintain a common household. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Electronic meeting: means a meeting that is conducted through telephone, teleconference, video conference, web conference or any other live electronic means where at least one participant is not physically present. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
  • Electronic notice revocation: means a notice in which a person states that the person will not accept delivery of certain communications by means of electronic transmission. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Electronic signature: has the meaning given that term in ORS § 84. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Electronic signature: has the meaning given that term in ORS § 84. See Oregon Statutes 62.015
  • Electronic transmission: means a form or process of communication that does not directly involve physically transferring paper or another tangible medium and that enables a recipient to retain, retrieve and reproduce information by means of an automated process that is used in conventional commercial practice, except as provided in ORS § 60. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Electronic transmission: means a method of communicating information that:

    (a) Does not directly involve a transfer of a physical object that embodies the communication; and

    (b) Enables the recipient to store, retrieve and reproduce the information. See Oregon Statutes 62.015

  • Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
  • En banc: In the bench or "full bench." Refers to court sessions with the entire membership of a court participating rather than the usual quorum. U.S. courts of appeals usually sit in panels of three judges, but may expand to a larger number in certain cases. They are then said to be sitting en banc.
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Entity: means a corporation, foreign corporation, nonprofit corporation, profit or nonprofit unincorporated association, business trust, partnership, two or more persons that have a joint or common economic interest, any state, the United States, a federally recognized Native American or American Indian tribal government and any foreign government. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Entity: means a domestic or foreign limited liability company, corporation, professional corporation, foreign corporation, domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation, domestic or foreign cooperative corporation, profit or nonprofit unincorporated association, business trust, domestic or foreign general or limited partnership, two or more persons that have a joint or common economic interest, any state, the United States, a federally recognized Native American or American Indian tribal government or any foreign government. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • Entity: means a domestic corporation, foreign corporation, business corporation and foreign business corporation, profit and nonprofit unincorporated association, corporation sole, business trust, partnership, two or more persons that have a joint or common economic interest, any state, the United States, a federally recognized Native American or American Indian tribal government and any foreign government. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Entrance fee: means an initial or deferred transfer to a provider of a sum of money or other property made or promised to be made as full or partial consideration for acceptance of one or more residents in a continuing care retirement community. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • executive department: means all statewide elected officers other than judges, and all boards, commissions, departments, divisions and other entities, without regard to the designation given to those entities, that are within the executive branch of government as described in Article III, section 1, of the Oregon Constitution, and that are not:

    (a) In the judicial department or the legislative department;

    (b) Local governments; or

    (c) Special government bodies. See Oregon Statutes 174.112

  • Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Exhibits: means exhibits offered and received or rejected in the trial court. See Oregon Statutes 19.005
  • Facility: means a manufactured dwelling park or a marina. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. Source: OCC
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fee: means a nonrefundable payment of money. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiduciary: means a guardian or conservator appointed under the provisions of this chapter or any other person appointed by a court to assume duties with respect to a protected person under the provisions of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 125.005
  • Financially incapable: means a condition in which a person is unable to manage financial resources of the person effectively for reasons including, but not limited to, mental illness, mental retardation, physical illness or disability, chronic use of drugs or controlled substances, chronic intoxication, confinement, detention by a foreign power or disappearance. See Oregon Statutes 125.005
  • Fixed term tenancy: means a tenancy that has a fixed term of existence, continuing to a specific ending date and terminating on that date without requiring further notice to effect the termination. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Flexible condominium: means a condominium containing variable property that may be redesignated, reclassified or withdrawn from the condominium pursuant to ORS § 100. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
  • Floating home: has the meaning given that term in ORS § 830. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Foreign business corporation: means a for profit corporation that is incorporated under laws other than the laws of the state. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Foreign cooperative: means a cooperative corporation that is organized under laws other than the laws of this state. See Oregon Statutes 62.015
  • 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 corporation: means a corporation for profit that is incorporated under laws other than the laws of the state. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • Foreign corporation: means a corporation that is organized under laws other than the laws of the state and that would be a nonprofit corporation if organized under the laws of the state. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Foreign country: means a country, or a political subdivision of a country, other than the United States, that authorizes the issuance of support orders and:

    (a) That has been declared under the law of the United States to be a foreign reciprocating country;

    (b) That has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this state as provided in ORS § 110. See Oregon Statutes 110.503

  • 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 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 the liabilities of the entity. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • 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 nonprofit corporation: means a corporation not for profit that is organized under laws other than the laws of the state. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • Foreign professional corporation: means a professional corporation organized under laws other than the laws of this state. See Oregon Statutes 58.015
  • Foreign professional corporation: means a professional corporation 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 63.001
  • Foreign support order: means a support order of a foreign tribunal. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
  • General judgment: means the judgment entered by a court that decides all requests for relief in the action except:

    (a) A request for relief previously decided by a limited judgment; and

    (b) A request for relief that may be decided by a supplemental judgment. See Oregon Statutes 18.005

  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Good faith: means honesty in fact in the conduct of the transaction concerned. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Governmental subdivision: means a unit of government, including an authority, county, district and municipality. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Guardian: means a person appointed as a guardian under the provisions of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 125.005
  • Hazard tree: means a tree that:

    (a) Is located on a rented space in a manufactured dwelling park;

    (b) Measures at least eight inches DBH; and

    (c) Is considered, by an arborist licensed as a landscape construction professional pursuant to ORS § 671. See Oregon Statutes 90.100

  • Higher education and career path skills: means instruction that provides guidance on:

    (a) Applying for jobs, including preparing a resume or filling out a job application and developing job interview skills;

    (b) Applying for admission to a post-secondary institution of education, including applying for financial aid and scholarships;

    (c) Applying for post-secondary learning and job training opportunities and programs that do not require a four-year degree, including apprenticeships and how to meet the prerequisites for those opportunities and programs;

    (d) Developing career-related skills, including improving employability skills, taking advantage of community-based experiential learning and gaining knowledge of career opportunities; and

    (e) Seeking assistance, including accessing community resources and acting as a self-advocate for mental, physical and financial well-being. See Oregon Statutes 329.007

  • Holocaust and genocide studies: means studies on the Holocaust, genocide and other acts of mass violence that comply with the requirements described in ORS § 329. See Oregon Statutes 329.007
  • Hotel or motel: means 'hotel' as that term is defined in ORS § 699. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Incapacitated: means a condition in which a person's ability to receive and evaluate information effectively or to communicate decisions is impaired to such an extent that the person presently lacks the capacity to meet the essential requirements for the person's physical health or safety. See Oregon Statutes 125.005
  • Income: includes earnings or other periodic entitlements to money from any source and any other property subject to withholding for support under the law of this state. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
  • Income withholding order: means an order or other legal process directed to an obligor's employer or other debtor issued pursuant to ORS § 25. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Individual: means a natural person or the estate of an incompetent individual or a deceased individual. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Individual: means a natural person. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • Individual: means a natural person, including the guardian of an incompetent individual. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Informal dispute resolution: includes voluntary consultation between the landlord or landlord's agent and one or more tenants or voluntary mediation utilizing the services of a third party, but does not include mandatory mediation or arbitration. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
  • Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Issuing state: means the state in which a tribunal issues a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
  • Issuing tribunal: means the tribunal of a state or foreign country that issues a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement
  • Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
  • Judgment: means a judgment or appealable order, as provided in ORS § 19. See Oregon Statutes 19.005
  • Judgment document: means a writing in the form provided by ORS § 18. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • Landlord: includes a person who is authorized by the owner, lessor or sublessor to manage the premises or to enter into a rental agreement. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Language arts: includes reading, writing and other communications in any language, including English. See Oregon Statutes 329.007
  • Law: includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations having the force of law. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
  • Leasehold: means the interest of a person, firm or corporation that is the lessee under a lease from the owner in fee and that files a declaration creating a condominium under ORS § 100. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • legislative department: means the Legislative Assembly, the committees of the Legislative Assembly and all administrative divisions of the Legislative Assembly and its committees, whether denominated as boards, commissions or departments or by any other designation. See Oregon Statutes 174.114
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • License: includes a license, certificate of registration, permit or other legal authorization required by law as a condition precedent to the rendering of professional service or services within this state. See Oregon Statutes 58.015
  • Limited common elements: means those common elements designated in the declaration, as reserved for the use of a certain unit or number of units, to the exclusion of the other units. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Living unit: means a room, apartment, cottage or other area set aside for the exclusive use of the resident. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
  • 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
  • Low-Rise Residential Dwelling Code: means the adopted specialty code that, subject to section 2, chapter 401, Oregon Laws 2019, prescribes standards for the construction of residential dwellings that are three stories or less above grade and have an exterior door for each dwelling unit, but are not facilities or homes described in ORS § 443. See Oregon Statutes 455.010
  • Manager: means a person, corporation, partnership, association or other legal entity that enters into a contractual arrangement with the provider to manage the continuing care retirement community. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
  • Manager: means a person, not necessarily a member, that the members of a manager-managed limited liability company designate to manage the limited liability company's business and affairs. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • Manager-managed limited liability company: means a limited liability company that is designated as a manager-managed limited liability company in the limited liability company's articles of organization or the articles of organization of which otherwise expressly provide that a manager will manage the limited liability company. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • Manufactured dwelling: includes an accessory building or structure. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Manufactured dwelling park: means a place where four or more manufactured dwellings are located, the primary purpose of which is to rent space or keep space for rent to any person for a charge or fee. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Marina: means a moorage of contiguous dwelling units that may be legally transferred as a single unit and are owned by one person where four or more floating homes are secured, the primary purpose of which is to rent space or keep space for rent to any person for a charge or fee. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Member: means a person with both an ownership interest in a limited liability company and all the rights and obligations of a member specified under this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • Member: means a person that is entitled, under a domestic corporation's or foreign corporation's articles of incorporation or bylaws, to exercise any of the rights described in ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Member-managed limited liability company: means a limited liability company other than a manager-managed limited liability company. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • Membership: means the rights and obligations a member has under this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Membership stock: means any class of stock, continuous ownership of which is required for membership in a cooperative. See Oregon Statutes 62.015
  • Minor: means any person who has not attained 18 years of age. See Oregon Statutes 125.005
  • Money award: means a judgment or portion of a judgment that requires the payment of money. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
  • Month-to-month tenancy: means a tenancy that automatically renews and continues for successive monthly periods on the same terms and conditions originally agreed to, or as revised by the parties, until terminated by one or both of the parties. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Mortgagee: means any person who is:

    (a) A mortgagee under a mortgage;

    (b) A beneficiary under a trust deed; or

    (c) The vendor under a land sale contract. See Oregon Statutes 100.005

  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • Municipality: means a city, county or other unit of local government otherwise authorized by law to administer a building code. See Oregon Statutes 455.010
  • Mutual benefit corporation: means a domestic corporation that is organized to serve and operates primarily to serve the mutual interests of a group of persons, but is not a public benefit corporation or religious corporation. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • Negotiation: means any activity preliminary to the execution by either developer or purchaser of a unit sales agreement, including but not limited to advertising, solicitation and promotion of the sale of a unit. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
  • New continuing care retirement community: means a continuing care retirement community registered by a provider on or after January 1, 1990. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Nonprofit corporation: means a mutual benefit corporation, a public benefit corporation or a religious corporation. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Notice: means a notice described in ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Notice of appeal: includes a notice of cross-appeal. See Oregon Statutes 19.005
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligor: means an individual, or the estate of a decedent, that:

    (a) Owes or is alleged to owe a duty of support;

    (b) Is alleged but has not been adjudicated to be a parent of a child;

    (c) Is liable under a support order; or

    (d) Is a debtor in a proceeding under ORS § 110. See Oregon Statutes 110.503

  • Open bed long term care facility: means a licensed long term care facility in a continuing care retirement community that admits persons who have not signed a residency agreement. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
  • Operating agreement: means any valid agreement, written or oral, of the member or members as to the affairs of a limited liability company and the conduct of the limited liability company's business. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • Oral argument: An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
  • Oregon Studies: means history, geography, economics and civics specific to the State of Oregon. See Oregon Statutes 329.007
  • Organization: includes a corporation, government, governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, and any other legal or commercial entity. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Organizer: means one of the signers of the initial articles of organization. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • Owner: includes a mortgagee in possession and means one or more persons, jointly or severally, in whom is vested:

    (a) All or part of the legal title to property; or

    (b) All or part of the beneficial ownership and a right to present use and enjoyment of the premises. See Oregon Statutes 90.100

  • Parents: means parents or guardians of students who are covered by this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 329.007
  • 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.
  • Party: includes an individual who was, is or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • Person: includes an individual or organization. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, governmental subdivision, agency, instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
  • Person: means an individual or entity. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, association, firm, partnership, joint stock company, cooperative or foreign cooperative. See Oregon Statutes 62.015
  • Person: means an individual or entity. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • Person: means an individual or an entity. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Personal financial education: means instruction that provides guidance on:

    (a) Credit scores, including how to build credit, the costs and benefits of borrowing money on credit and the long-term impacts of high or low credit scores;

    (b) Investments, asset building and debt, including how to open a bank account, different types of bank accounts, compound interest, the total cost of loan repayment, comparing investment options and types of investments and understanding different types of retirement accounts;

    (c) Strategies for creating a budget, tracking and modifying spending patterns and understanding insurance products, including exploring common costs associated with rentals and home ownership;

    (d) Taxes, including accessing tax credits, understanding tax cycles, being familiar with state and federal tax forms and being familiar with federal, state, regional and local taxes; and

    (e) Building financial well-being, including evaluating the impact of behavioral economics and the psychology of money, explaining trends in financial health and evaluating consumer skills, including fraud and identity theft prevention. See Oregon Statutes 329.007

  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Practicing medicine: has the meaning given that term in ORS § 677. See Oregon Statutes 58.015
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Prefabricated structure: means a structure that is substantially constructed or assembled using closed construction at an off-site location in compliance with the state building code and that is sited and occupied by the owner in compliance with local codes. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Prepaid rent: means any payment of money to the landlord for a rent obligation not yet due. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • 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
  • 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 limited liability company are located and designated in the annual report or in the application for authority to transact business in this state. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • Principal office: means the physical street address of the place, in or out of this state, where the principal executive offices of a domestic corporation or foreign corporation are located and that is designated as the principal office in the most recent annual report filed in accordance with ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Proceeding: means a civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory action. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Proceeding: means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory and whether formal or informal. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • Proceeding: means a civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory action. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Professional service: means personal service or services rendered in this state to the public which may be lawfully rendered only pursuant to a license by a professional. See Oregon Statutes 58.015
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Protected person: means a person for whom a protective order has been entered. See Oregon Statutes 125.005
  • Protective order: means an order of a court appointing a fiduciary or any other order of the court entered for the purpose of protecting the person or estate of a respondent or protected person. See Oregon Statutes 125.005
  • Protective proceeding: means a proceeding under this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 125.005
  • Provider: means an owner or operator, whether a natural person, partnership, trust, limited liability company, corporation or unincorporated association, however organized, of a new or existing continuing care retirement community, whether operated for profit or not, that provides, plans to provide or agrees to provide continuing care to one or more unrelated residents under a residency agreement. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
  • Proxy voting: The practice of allowing a legislator to cast a vote in committee for an absent legislator.
  • Public benefit corporation: means a domestic corporation that:

    (a) Is formed as a public benefit corporation under ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001

  • Public charter school: has the meaning given that term in ORS § 338. See Oregon Statutes 329.007
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • public notice: means any legal publication which requires an affidavit of publication as required in ORS § 193. See Oregon Statutes 174.104
  • Purchaser: means an actual or prospective purchaser of a condominium unit pursuant to a sale. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
  • Record date: means the date established under this chapter on which a corporation determines the identity of the corporation's shareholders and their shareholdings for purposes of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Record date: means the date established under ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • record of the case: means the trial court file and any transcript, narrative statement and exhibits. See Oregon Statutes 19.005
  • Recorded: means to cause to be recorded by the county officer in the real property records for each county in which the condominium is located. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
  • Recording officer: means the county officer charged with the duty of filing and recording deeds and mortgages or any other instruments or documents affecting the title to real property. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
  • Recreational vehicle: has the meaning given that term in ORS § 174. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Recreational vehicle park: has the meaning given that term in ORS § 197. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Register: means to file in a tribunal of this state a support order or judgment determining parentage of a child issued in another state or a foreign country. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
  • Registering tribunal: means a tribunal in which a support order or judgment determining parentage of a child is registered. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
  • Regular periodic charges: means basic monthly fees charged to a resident on an ongoing basis. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
  • Regulatory board: means the governmental agency of the State of Oregon required or authorized by law to license and regulate the rendering of a professional service or services for which a professional corporation is organized. See Oregon Statutes 58.015
  • Religious corporation: means a domestic corporation that is formed as a religious corporation under ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Remote communication: means any method by which a person that is not physically present at the location at which a meeting occurs may nevertheless hear or otherwise communicate at substantially the same time with other persons at the meeting and have access to materials necessary to participate or vote in the meeting to the extent of the person's authorization to participate or vote. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Remote communication: means any method by which a person that is not physically present at the location at which a meeting occurs may nevertheless hear or otherwise communicate at substantially the same time with other persons at the meeting and have access to materials necessary to participate or vote in the meeting to the extent of the person's authorization to participate or vote. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Rent: means any payment to be made to the landlord under the rental agreement, periodic or otherwise, in exchange for the right of a tenant and any permitted pet to occupy a dwelling unit to the exclusion of others and to use the premises. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Rental agreement: includes a lease. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • 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).
  • Request for relief: means a claim, a charge in a criminal action or any other request for a determination of the rights and liabilities of one or more parties in an action that a legal authority allows the court to decide by a judgment. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • Residency agreement: means a contract between a provider and a resident for the provision of continuing care for a period greater than one year. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
  • Resident: means a person who enters into a residency agreement with a provider or who is designated in a residency agreement to be a person being provided with continuing care. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
  • Respondent: means a person for whom entry of a protective order is sought in a petition filed under ORS § 125. See Oregon Statutes 125.005
  • Responding tribunal: means the authorized tribunal in a responding state or foreign country. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Revocable trust: A trust agreement that can be canceled, rescinded, revoked, or repealed by the grantor (person who establishes the trust).
  • Right of rescission: Right to cancel, within three business days, a contract that uses the home of a person as collateral, except in the case of a first mortgage loan. There is no fee to the borrower, who receives a full refund of all fees paid. The right of rescission is guaranteed by the Truth in Lending Act (TILA). Source: OCC
  • Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
  • Roomer: means a person occupying a dwelling unit that does not include a toilet and either a bathtub or a shower and a refrigerator, stove and kitchen, all provided by the landlord, and where one or more of these facilities are used in common by occupants in the structure. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Sale: means any disposition or transfer of a condominium unit, or an interest or estate therein, by a developer, including the offering of the property as a prize or gift when a monetary charge or consideration for whatever purpose is required by the developer. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
  • School district: includes common and union high school districts. See Oregon Statutes 328.001
  • Screening or admission criteria: means a written statement of any factors a landlord considers in deciding whether to accept or reject an applicant and any qualifications required for acceptance. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Security deposit: means a refundable payment or deposit of money, however designated, the primary function of which is to secure the performance of a rental agreement or any part of a rental agreement. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • 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.
  • Sexual assault: has the meaning given that term in ORS § 147. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Sexual orientation: means an individual's actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • Share: means a unit into which the proprietary interest in a corporation is divided. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Shareholder: means a person in whose name a share is registered in the records of a corporation or the beneficial owner of a share to the extent of the rights granted by a nominee certificate on file with a corporation. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Shell entity: means an entity that has the characteristics described in ORS § 60. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Shell entity: means an entity that has the characteristics described in ORS § 63. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • Sign: means to indicate a present intent to authenticate or adopt a document by:

    (a) Affixing a symbol to the document;

    (b) Inscribing or affixing a manual, facsimile or conformed signature on the document; or

    (c) Attaching to, or logically associating with, an electronic transmission any electronic sound, symbol or process, including an electronic signature. See Oregon Statutes 60.001

  • Sign: means to indicate a present intent to authenticate or adopt a document by:

    (a) Affixing a symbol to the document;

    (b) Inscribing or affixing a manual, facsimile or conformed signature on the document; or

    (c) Attaching to, or logically associating with, an electronic transmission any electronic sound, symbol or process, including an electronic signature. See Oregon Statutes 65.001

  • Signature: means any embodiment of a person's intent to sign a document. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Signature: means a manual, facsimile, conformed or electronic signature. See Oregon Statutes 62.015
  • Single voting group: means a voting group, the shares of which are entitled by the articles of incorporation or this chapter to vote generally on a matter. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Small Home Specialty Code: means the specialty code adopted under section 2, chapter 401, Oregon Laws 2019. See Oregon Statutes 455.010
  • special government body: means any of the following:

    (a) A public corporation created under a statute of this state and specifically designated as a public corporation. See Oregon Statutes 174.117

  • Squatter: means a person occupying a dwelling unit who is not so entitled under a rental agreement or who is not authorized by the tenant to occupy that dwelling unit. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Stalking: means the behavior described in ORS § 163. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, any territory or insular possession under the jurisdiction of the United States or an Indian nation or tribe. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
  • state board: means the State Board of Education. See Oregon Statutes 329.007
  • State building code: means the combined specialty codes. See Oregon Statutes 455.010
  • Statement of policy: means the summary explanation of information and facility policies to be provided to prospective and existing tenants under ORS § 90. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Subscriber: means a person who subscribes for shares in a corporation, whether before or after incorporation. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Supersedeas undertaking: means an undertaking on appeal that secures performance of a judgment being appealed and operates to stay enforcement of the judgment pending appeal. See Oregon Statutes 19.005
  • Supplemental judgment: means a judgment that may be rendered after a general judgment pursuant to a legal authority. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
  • Support arrearage lien: means a lien that attaches to real property under the provisions of ORS § 18. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
  • Support award: means a money award or agency order that requires the payment of child or spousal support. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
  • Support enforcement agency: means a public official, governmental entity or private agency authorized to:

    (a) Seek enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of support;

    (b) Seek establishment or modification of child support;

    (c) Request determination of parentage of a child;

    (d) Attempt to locate obligors or their assets; or

    (e) Request determination of the controlling child support order. See Oregon Statutes 110.503

  • Support order: means a judgment, decree, order, decision or directive, whether temporary, final or subject to modification, issued in a state or foreign country for the benefit of a child, a spouse or a former spouse, that provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, retroactive support or reimbursement for financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
  • Surrender: means an agreement, express or implied, as described in ORS § 90. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Teacher: means any licensed employee of a school district who has direct responsibility for instruction, coordination of educational programs or supervision of students and who is compensated for such services from public funds. See Oregon Statutes 329.007
  • Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
  • Tenancy by the entirety: A type of joint tenancy between husband and wife that is recognized in some States. Neither party can sever the joint tenancy relationship; when a spouse dies, the survivor acquires full title to the property.
  • Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Transcript: means the transcript of the court reporter's report as provided in ORS § 8. See Oregon Statutes 19.005
  • Transient lodging: means a room or a suite of rooms. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
  • Transient occupancy: means occupancy in transient lodging that has all of the following characteristics:

    (a) Occupancy is charged on a daily basis and is not collected more than six days in advance;

    (b) The lodging operator provides maid and linen service daily or every two days as part of the regularly charged cost of occupancy; and

    (c) The period of occupancy does not exceed 30 days. See Oregon Statutes 90.100

  • Tribunal: means a court, administrative agency or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. See Oregon Statutes 110.503
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Turnover meeting: means the meeting provided for under ORS § 100. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
  • Undertaking for costs: means an undertaking on appeal that secures payment of costs and disbursements that may be awarded against an appellant on appeal, and any amounts that may be awarded to the respondent under the provisions of ORS § 19. See Oregon Statutes 19.005
  • Undertaking on appeal: includes undertakings for costs and supersedeas undertakings. See Oregon Statutes 19.005
  • Unit designation: means the number, letter or combination thereof designating a unit in the declaration and on the plat. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
  • United States: means the federal government or a district, authority, bureau, commission, department or any other agency of the United States. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • United States: means the federal government and a district, authority, bureau, commission, department or any other agency of the United States. See Oregon Statutes 63.001
  • United States: means the federal government or a district, authority, bureau, commission, department or any other agency of the United States. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Vacation occupancy: means occupancy in a dwelling unit, not including transient occupancy in a hotel or motel, that:

    (a) Has all of the following characteristics:

    (A) The occupant rents the unit for vacation purposes only, not as a principal residence;

    (B) The occupant has a principal residence other than at the unit; and

    (C) The period of authorized occupancy does not exceed 45 days; or

    (b) Is for the rental of a space in a recreational vehicle park on which a recreational vehicle owned by the occupant will be located and for which:

    (A) The occupant rents the unit for vacation purposes only, not as a principal residence;

    (B) The occupant has a principal residence other than at the space;

    (C) The period of authorized occupancy does not exceed 90 days;

    (D) The recreational vehicle is required to be removed from the park at the end of the occupancy period before a new occupancy may begin; and

    (E) A written agreement is signed by the occupant that substantially states: 'Your occupancy of this recreational vehicle park is a vacation occupancy and is NOT subject to the Oregon Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (ORS Chapter 90). See Oregon Statutes 90.100

  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Violate: includes failure to comply. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • Vote: means an authorization by written ballot or written consent, where permitted, or by another method that a corporation specifies as an authorization. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Voting group: means all shares of one or more classes or series that under the articles of incorporation or this chapter are entitled to vote and be counted together collectively on a matter at a meeting of shareholders. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Voting power: means the total number of votes entitled to be cast on an issue at the time the determination of voting power is made, excluding a vote that is contingent upon a condition or event occurring that has not occurred at the time. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Voting rights: means the portion of the votes allocated to a unit by the declaration in accordance with ORS § 100. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
  • Week-to-week tenancy: means a tenancy that has all of the following characteristics:

    (a) Occupancy is charged on a weekly basis and is payable no less frequently than every seven days;

    (b) There is a written rental agreement that defines the landlord's and the tenant's rights and responsibilities under this chapter; and

    (c) There are no fees or security deposits, although the landlord may require the payment of an applicant screening charge, as provided in ORS § 90. See Oregon Statutes 90.100

  • wife: means spouses or a spouse in a marriage. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • World languages: includes sign language, heritage languages and languages other than a student's primary language. See Oregon Statutes 329.007
  • Writ of certiorari: An order issued by the Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case for which it will hear on appeal.
  • Written: means embodied as a document. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Written: means embodied as a document. See Oregon Statutes 65.001