Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 463 > Commission; Regulation

• Amateur athletic organization: means an entity organized and operated exclusively to foster state, national and international amateur unarmed combat sports competition. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Entertainment wrestling: means a noncompetitive performance in which the participants deliver blows or apply holds with no intent to punish or immobilize an opponent. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Event: means an unarmed combat sports or entertainment wrestling match, bout, contest, exhibition or performance. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• 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.
• Gross receipts: means the consideration, including money, credits, rights or other items of value, received from the sale of tickets or other admissions indicia or rights, without any deduction from the total value of the consideration. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Judge: means a person licensed by the Superintendent of State Police who is at cageside or ringside during an unarmed combat sports event and who has the responsibility of scoring the bout of the competitors in the event. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Manager: means a person licensed by the superintendent who does any of the following:

  (a) By contract or agreement undertakes to represent the interests of a professional unarmed combat sports competitor in procuring or arranging the conduct of an unarmed combat sports event in which the professional unarmed combat sports competitor is a participant. See Oregon Statutes 463.015

• Matchmaker: means a person licensed by the superintendent who is employed by or associated with a promoter in the capacity of booking and arranging unarmed combat sports events between unarmed combat sports competitors and for whose activities in this regard the promoter is legally responsible. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Medical personnel: means a physician licensed under ORS Chapter 677 or a physician assistant licensed under ORS § 677. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Official: means an individual authorized by the superintendent or an authorized representative of the superintendent to perform duties as assigned by the superintendent or an authorized representative of the superintendent. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Person: includes an individual, association, organization, partnership or corporation. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Professional unarmed combat sports competitor: means an individual licensed by the superintendent who competes for or has competed for a money prize, purse or compensation in an unarmed combat sports event. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Promoter: means a person licensed by the superintendent who arranges, gives, holds or conducts an entertainment wrestling or unarmed combat sports event in this state and who is legally responsible for the lawful conduct of the event. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Unarmed combat sports: means a form of competition where the intent is to win by striking, knockout, technical knockout or submission. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Unarmed combat sports competitor: means an individual licensed by the superintendent who competes in an unarmed combat sports event. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Violate: includes failure to comply. See Oregon Statutes 174.100