Oregon Statutes 166.360 – Definitions for ORS 166.360 to 166.380
As used in ORS § 166.360 to 166.380, unless the context requires otherwise:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 166.360
- City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Probate: Proving a will
(1) ‘Capitol building’ means the Capitol, the State Office Building, the State Library Building, the Labor and Industries Building, the State Transportation Building, the Agriculture Building or the Public Service Building and includes any new buildings which may be constructed on the same grounds as an addition to the group of buildings listed in this subsection.
(2) ‘Court facility’ means a courthouse or that portion of any other building occupied by a circuit court, the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court or the Oregon Tax Court or occupied by personnel related to the operations of those courts, or in which activities related to the operations of those courts take place.
(3) ‘Judge’ means a judge of a circuit court, the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court, the Oregon Tax Court, a municipal court, a probate court or a juvenile court or a justice of the peace.
(4) ‘Judicial district’ means a circuit court district established under ORS § 3.012 or a justice of the peace district established under ORS § 51.020.
(5) ‘Juvenile court’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 419A.004.
(6) ‘Loaded firearm’ means:
(a) A breech-loading firearm in which there is an unexpended cartridge or shell in or attached to the firearm including but not limited to, in a chamber, magazine or clip which is attached to the firearm.
(b) A muzzle-loading firearm which is capped or primed and has a powder charge and ball, shot or projectile in the barrel or cylinder.
(7) ‘Local court facility’ means the portion of a building in which a justice court, a municipal court, a probate court or a juvenile court conducts business, during the hours in which the court operates.
(8) ‘Probate court’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 111.005.
(9) ‘Public building’ means:
(a) A hospital, a capitol building, a public or private school, as defined in ORS § 339.315, a college or university, a city hall or the residence of any state official elected by the state at large, and the grounds adjacent to each such building. The term also includes that portion of any other building occupied by an agency of the state or by a city, a county, a district as defined in ORS § 198.010 or any other entity that falls within the definition of ‘municipal corporation‘ in ORS § 297.405, other than a court facility; or
(b) The passenger terminal of a commercial service airport with over one million passenger boardings per year.
(10) ‘Weapon’ means:
(a) A firearm;
(b) Any dirk, dagger, ice pick, slingshot, metal knuckles or any similar instrument or a knife, other than an ordinary pocketknife with a blade less than four inches in length, the use of which could inflict injury upon a person or property;
(c) Mace, tear gas, pepper mace or any similar deleterious agent as defined in ORS § 163.211;
(d) An electrical stun gun or any similar instrument;
(e) A tear gas weapon as defined in ORS § 163.211;
(f) A club, bat, baton, billy club, bludgeon, knobkerrie, nunchaku, nightstick, truncheon or any similar instrument, the use of which could inflict injury upon a person or property; or
(g) A dangerous or deadly weapon as those terms are defined in ORS § 161.015. [1969 c.705 § 1; 1977 c.769 § 2; 1979 c.398 § 1; 1989 c.982 § 4; 1993 c.741 § 2; 1999 c.577 § 2; 1999 c.782 § 6; 2001 c.201 § 1; 2015 c.351 § 1; 2021 c.146 § 9]