Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 463 > General Provisions

• 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.
• 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
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• 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.
• Exhibition: means a demonstration of unarmed combat sports skills, the results of which are not counted toward the official record of the competitors. 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
• 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
• 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
• 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.
• 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
• Striking: means a physical attack in which an individual uses a part of the individual's body with the intent to inflict damage on an opponent. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Submission: means an act by an individual who yields to the individual's opponent and that results in the individual's immediate defeat. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• 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