Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 201 - Boundaries of Counties

• Average monthly employment: means the total number of persons employed in each month for 12 consecutive months, as reported by employers subject to the tax under this chapter, divided by 12. See Oregon Statutes 657.458
• Benefit year: means a period of 52 consecutive weeks commencing with the first week with respect to which an individual files an initial valid claim for benefits, and thereafter the 52 consecutive weeks period beginning with the first week with respect to which the individual next files an initial valid claim after the termination of the individual's last preceding benefit year except that the benefit year shall be 53 weeks if the filing of an initial valid claim would result in overlapping any quarter of the base year of a previously filed initial valid claim. See Oregon Statutes 657.010
• Benefits: means the money allowances payable to unemployed persons under this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 657.010
• Calendar quarter: means the period of three consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31, or the approximate equivalent thereof, as the Director of the Employment Department may, by rule, prescribe. See Oregon Statutes 657.010
• City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Donee: The recipient of a gift.
• employee: means any person, including aliens and minors, employed for remuneration or under any contract of hire, written or oral, express or implied, by an employer subject to this chapter in an employment subject to this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 657.015
• employer: means any employing unit which employs one or more individuals in an employment subject to this chapter in each of 18 separate weeks during any calendar year, or in which the employing unit's total payroll during any calendar quarter amounts to $1,000 or more. See Oregon Statutes 657.025
• employment: includes service that is:

  (a) Subject to the tax imposed by the Federal Unemployment Tax Act; or

  (b) Required to be covered under this chapter as a condition for employers to receive a full tax credit against the tax imposed by the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. See Oregon Statutes 657.030

• Employment office: means a free public employment office or branch thereof, operated by this state or maintained as a part of a state-controlled system of public employment offices. See Oregon Statutes 657.010
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Informed consent: means consent given by an individual 15 years of age or older for sterilization that is:

  (a) Based upon a full understanding of the nature and consequences of sterilization pursuant to information requirements set forth in ORS § 436. See Oregon Statutes 436.205

• Infrastructure assistance: means any use of moneys in the Oregon Transportation Infrastructure Fund, other than an infrastructure loan, to provide financial assistance for transportation projects. See Oregon Statutes 367.010
• Infrastructure fund: means the Oregon Transportation Infrastructure Fund. See Oregon Statutes 367.010
• Institution of higher education: means an educational institution that:

  (a) Admits as regular students only individuals having a certificate of graduation from a high school, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate;

  (b) Is legally authorized in this state to provide a program of education beyond high school;

  (c) Provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's or higher degree, or provides a program that is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree, a program of post-graduate or post-doctoral studies, or a program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation; and

  (d) Is a public or other nonprofit institution. See Oregon Statutes 657.010

• Internal Revenue Code: means the federal Internal Revenue Code, as amended and in effect on December 31, 2022. See Oregon Statutes 657.010
• Nonprofit employing unit: means an organization, or group of organizations, described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that is exempt from income tax under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. See Oregon Statutes 657.010
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• political subdivision: means any county, city, district organized for public purposes, or any other political subdivision or public corporation, including any entity organized pursuant to ORS § 190. See Oregon Statutes 657.097
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
• 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.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Sterilization: means any medical procedure, treatment or operation for the purpose of rendering an individual permanently incapable of procreating. See Oregon Statutes 436.205
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Valid claim: means any claim for benefits made in accordance with ORS § 657. See Oregon Statutes 657.010
• Violate: includes failure to comply. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• wages: means all remuneration for employment, including the cash value, as determined by the Director of the Employment Department under the regulations of the director, of all remuneration paid in any medium other than cash. See Oregon Statutes 657.105
• Week: means any period of seven consecutive calendar days ending at midnight, as the director may prescribe by rule. See Oregon Statutes 657.010