Oregon Statutes > Chapter 474 – Trade Practices Relating to Malt Beverages
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- Bequeath: To gift property by will.
- county court: includes board of county commissioners. See Oregon Statutes 382.005
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- 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
- Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Probate: Proving a will