Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 454 - Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems

• Action: means any proceeding commenced in a court in which the court may render a judgment. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
• Asset forfeiture: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Attorney fees: has the meaning given that term in ORCP 68 A. See Oregon Statutes 131A.005
• Civil forfeiture: The loss of ownership of property used to conduct illegal activity.
• County court: includes board of county commissioners. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Criminal action: has the meaning given in ORS § 131. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Execution: means enforcement of the money award portion of a judgment or enforcement of a judgment requiring delivery of the possession or sale of specific real or personal property, by means of writs of execution, writs of garnishment and other statutory or common law writs or remedies that may be available under the law. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
• Forfeiture proceeds: means all property that has been forfeited in a proceeding under this chapter, including money, earnings from forfeited property and amounts realized from the sale of forfeited property. See Oregon Statutes 131A.005
• Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• Judgment: means the concluding decision of a court on one or more requests for relief in one or more actions, as reflected in a judgment document. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
• Judgment document: means a writing in the form provided by ORS § 18. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
• Law enforcement agency: means any agency that employs police officers or prosecutes criminal cases. See Oregon Statutes 131A.005
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Money award: means a judgment or portion of a judgment that requires the payment of money. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
• Public body: has the meaning given in ORS § 174. See Oregon Statutes 131A.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 award: means a money award or agency order that requires the payment of child or spousal support. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
• Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}