Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 40 > Witnesses

• advertisement: means any public notice or announcement of commodities for sale, services to be performed, equipment or facilities for hire, or any other thing offered to the public, via publishing or broadcasting media or by signs, banners, posters, handbills, labels or similar devices, for the purpose of inducing, directly or indirectly, the purchase or use of such commodities, services, equipment or facilities. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• 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.
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• commercially used: means any application or use in connection with or related to transactions in which, in exchange for commodities received or services rendered, consideration is given in terms of currency, negotiable instruments, credit, merchandise or any other thing of value. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
• Commodity: means any merchandise, product or substance produced or distributed for sale to, or use by, others. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
• Commodity in package form: means any quantity of a commodity put up or packaged in any manner in advance of sale, in units suitable for either wholesale or retail sale by weight, volume, measure or count, exclusive, however, of any auxiliary shipping container enclosing packages that individually conform to the requirements of ORS § 618. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the State Department of Agriculture. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
• Department: means the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. See Oregon Statutes 276.001
• Director: means the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. See Oregon Statutes 276.001
• Director: means the Director of Agriculture. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
• 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.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Inspector: means any state officer or employee designated by the director as a supervisor of, or an inspector of, weights and measures. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
• Intrastate commerce: means any and all commerce or trade begun, carried on and completed wholly within the limits of this state. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
• Introduced into intrastate commerce: means the time and place at which the first sale and delivery of a commodity is made within this state, the delivery being made either directly to the purchaser or to a common carrier for shipment to the purchaser. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
• Juror: A person who is on the jury.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Mistrial: An invalid trial, caused by fundamental error. When a mistrial is declared, the trial must start again from the selection of the jury.
• National Institute of Standards and Technology: means the National Institute of Standards and Technology of the Department of Commerce of the United States. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• public body: means state government bodies, local government bodies and special government bodies. See Oregon Statutes 174.109
• public notice: means any legal publication which requires an affidavit of publication as required in ORS § 193. See Oregon Statutes 174.104
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• 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.
• Security seal: means a lead-and-wire seal, or similar nonreusable closure, attached to a weighing or measuring instrument or device for protection against undetectable access, removal, adjustment or unauthorized use. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
• sell: include barter and exchange. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
• state government: means the executive department, the judicial department and the legislative department. See Oregon Statutes 174.111
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Vehicle: means any wheeled conveyance in, upon or by which any property, livestock or commodity is or may be transported or drawn, but does not include railroad rolling stock. See Oregon Statutes 618.010
• Violate: includes failure to comply. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Weights and measures: means all weights and measures, instruments and devices of every kind for weighing and measuring, and any appliances and accessories associated with any or all such instruments and devices. See Oregon Statutes 618.010