Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 607 - Livestock Districts; Stock Running at Large

• Adequate fence: means a continuous barrier consisting of natural barriers, structures, masonry, rails, poles, planks, wire or the combination thereof, installed and maintained in a condition so as to form a continuous guard and defense against the ingress or egress of cattle or equines into or from the lands enclosed by the barrier. See Oregon Statutes 607.007
• City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Class of livestock: means a class, species, genus or sex of livestock, including a class, species or genus of neutered livestock. See Oregon Statutes 607.005
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the Department of State Lands. See Oregon Statutes 274.005
• Department: means the State Department of Agriculture. See Oregon Statutes 607.005
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Federal land: means a tract of land containing 25,000 acres or more owned or administered by, or under the jurisdiction of, the United States and not subject to the laws of this state. See Oregon Statutes 607.005
• 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.
• Land: includes water, water rights, easements of every nature and all appurtenances to land. See Oregon Statutes 274.005
• 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}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Livestock: means animals of the bovine species, horses, mules, asses, sheep, goats and swine. See Oregon Statutes 607.005
• Livestock district: means an area wherein it is unlawful for livestock or a class of livestock to run at large. See Oregon Statutes 607.005
• Open range: means an area wherein livestock may lawfully be permitted to run at large. See Oregon Statutes 607.005
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Taking up: means the intentional exertion of control over an estray animal, including but not limited to the restriction of movement, holding under herd, feeding, pasturing or sheltering of the animal. See Oregon Statutes 607.007
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.