As used in ORS § 238.500 to 238.585, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) ‘Court’ means the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Oregon Tax Court and a circuit court.

(2) ‘Judge’ means a judge of any court.

(3) ‘Judge member’ means a judge who is a member of the Public Employees Retirement System subject to ORS § 238.500 to 238.585.

(4) ‘Service as a judge’ means creditable service, as defined by ORS § 238.005, by a judge as:

(a) A regularly elected or appointed judge of a court; or

(b) A regularly elected or appointed judge of a court temporarily in another court. [Formerly 237.211]