Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 65 > Name

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Articles of incorporation: means the articles of incorporation described in ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Corporation: means a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the Department of Consumer and Business Services. See Oregon Statutes 705.010
• Director: means the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. See Oregon Statutes 705.010
• Foreign corporation: means a corporation that is organized under laws other than the laws of the state and that would be a nonprofit corporation if organized under the laws of the state. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Institution: means the institutions designated in ORS § 179. See Oregon Statutes 179.010
• Notice: means a notice described in ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
• 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: means an individual or an entity. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
• State Treasury: includes those financial assets the lawful custody of which are vested in the State Treasurer and the office of the State Treasurer relating to the custody of those financial assets. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• United States: means the federal government or a district, authority, bureau, commission, department or any other agency of the United States. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
• Written: means embodied as a document. See Oregon Statutes 65.001