Oregon Statutes 18.082 – Effect of entry of judgment
(1) Upon entry of a judgment, the judgment:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 18.082
- Action: means any proceeding commenced in a court in which the court may render a judgment. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
- 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.
- Court administrator: means a trial court administrator in a circuit court that has a trial court administrator and the clerk of the court in all other courts. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
- Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
- General judgment: means the judgment entered by a court that decides all requests for relief in the action except:
(a) A request for relief previously decided by a limited judgment; and
(b) A request for relief that may be decided by a supplemental judgment. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
- Judgment: means the concluding decision of a court on one or more requests for relief in one or more actions, as reflected in a judgment document. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
- Judgment document: means a writing in the form provided by ORS § 18. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
- Request for relief: means a claim, a charge in a criminal action or any other request for a determination of the rights and liabilities of one or more parties in an action that a legal authority allows the court to decide by a judgment. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
- Supplemental judgment: means a judgment that may be rendered after a general judgment pursuant to a legal authority. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
(a) Becomes the exclusive statement of the court’s decision in the case and governs the rights and obligations of the parties that are subject to the judgment;
(b) May be enforced in the manner provided by law;
(c) May be appealed in the manner provided by law;
(d) Acts as official notice of the court’s decision; and
(e) May be set aside or modified only by the court rendering the judgment or by another court or tribunal with the same or greater authority than the court rendering the judgment.
(2) A general judgment incorporates a previous written decision of the court that decides one or more requests for relief in the case and that:
(a) Is not a judgment;
(b) Is consistent with the terms of the general judgment and any limited judgments in the case; and
(c) Reflects an express determination by the court that the decision be conclusive as to the requests for relief that are resolved.
(3) Upon entry of a general judgment, any request for relief in the action that is not decided by the general judgment or by a previous limited judgment, that has not been incorporated into the general judgment under subsection (2) of this section, or that cannot be decided by a supplemental judgment, is dismissed with prejudice unless the judgment provides that the dismissal is without prejudice.
(4) Subsection (3) of this section does not affect the right of any party to assign error on appeal to any decision of a court made by order during an action.
(5) Subsection (3) of this section does not apply to a general judgment of dismissal. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure or by the terms of the judgment, a general judgment of dismissal is without prejudice as to any request for relief in the action.
(6) If a document labeled as a decree is filed with the court administrator, or a judgment document is filed with the court administrator that does not indicate whether the judgment is a limited, general or supplemental judgment, and the court administrator fails to comply with ORS § 18.058 and makes an entry in the register indicating that a judgment has been filed with court administrator, the document has the effect of a general judgment entered in circuit court. [2003 c.576 § 11; 2005 c.568 § 17]
[Amended by 1979 c.284 § 52; repealed by 1981 c.898 § 53]
[Repealed by 1981 c.898 § 53]
[1975 c.106 § 1; 1977 c.208 § 2; repealed by 1979 c.284 § 199]
CORRECTIONS TO JUDGMENTS