Oregon Statutes 15.400 – Definitions for ORS 15.400 to 15.460
For the purposes of ORS § 15.400 to 15.460:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 15.400
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- 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.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- public body: means state government bodies, local government bodies and special government bodies. See Oregon Statutes 174.109
- Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
- United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(1) ‘Conduct’ means an act or omission that has occurred or that may occur in the future.
(2) ‘Domicile’ means the place identified under ORS § 15.420.
(3) ‘Injury’ means physical or nonphysical harm to a person or property caused by the conduct of another person.
(4) ‘Law,’ when used in reference to the law of another state, does not include that state’s choice-of-law rules.
(5) ‘Noncontractual claim’ means a claim, other than a claim for failure to perform a contractual or other consensual obligation, that arises from a tort as defined in ORS § 30.260, or any conduct that caused or may cause injury compensable by damages, without regard to whether damages are sought.
(6) ‘Person’ means a person as defined in ORS § 174.100 and a public body.
(7) ‘Public body’ means a public body as defined in ORS § 174.109, the Oregon Health and Science University, and the Oregon State Bar.
(8) ‘State’ means, unless the context requires otherwise, the United States, any state, territory, possession or other jurisdiction of the United States, any Indian tribe or other Native American, Hawaiian or Alaskan group recognized by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state of the United States, and any foreign country or territorial subdivision of such country that has its own system of laws. [Formerly 31.850]