Oregon Statutes > Chapter 169 > Duties and Liabilities of Sheriff
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- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- County court: includes board of county commissioners. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- District: means a forest protection district organized under ORS § 477. See Oregon Statutes 477.001
- Fire season: means a period designated pursuant to ORS § 477. See Oregon Statutes 477.001
- Forester: means the State Forester or authorized representative. See Oregon Statutes 477.001
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Operation: means any industrial activity, any development or any improvement on forestland inside or within one-eighth of one mile of a forest protection district, including but not limited to the harvesting of forest tree species, the clearing of land, the use of power-driven machinery and the use of fire, excluding, however, the culture and harvesting of agricultural crops. See Oregon Statutes 477.001
- Operation area: means the area on which an operation is being conducted and the area on which operation activity may have resulted in the ignition of a fire. See Oregon Statutes 477.001
- Operator: means any person who, either personally or through employees, agents, representatives or contractors, is carrying on or has carried on any operation. See Oregon Statutes 477.001
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- Owner: means an individual, a combination of individuals, a partnership, a corporation, the State of Oregon or a political subdivision thereof, or an association of any nature that holds an ownership interest in land. See Oregon Statutes 477.001
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.