Oregon Statutes 36.110 – Definitions for ORS 36.100 to 36.238
As used in ORS § 36.100 to 36.238:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 36.110
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- state government: means the executive department, the judicial department and the legislative department. See Oregon Statutes 174.111
(1) ‘Arbitration’ means any arbitration whether or not administered by a permanent arbitral institution.
(2) ‘Dean’ means the Dean of the University of Oregon School of Law.
(3) ‘Dispute resolution program’ means an entity that receives a grant under ORS § 36.155 to provide dispute resolution services.
(4) ‘Dispute resolution services’ includes but is not limited to mediation, conciliation and arbitration.
(5) ‘Mediation’ means a process in which a mediator assists and facilitates two or more parties to a controversy in reaching a mutually acceptable resolution of the controversy and includes all contacts between a mediator and any party or agent of a party, until such time as a resolution is agreed to by the parties or the mediation process is terminated.
(6) ‘Mediation agreement’ means an agreement arising out of a mediation, including any term or condition of the agreement.
(7) ‘Mediation communications’ means:
(a) All communications that are made, in the course of or in connection with a mediation, to a mediator, a mediation program or a party to, or any other person present at, the mediation proceedings; and
(b) All memoranda, work products, documents and other materials, including any draft mediation agreement, that are prepared for or submitted in the course of or in connection with a mediation or by a mediator, a mediation program or a party to, or any other person present at, mediation proceedings.
(8) ‘Mediation program’ means a program through which mediation is made available and includes the director, agents and employees of the program.
(9) ‘Mediator’ means a third party who performs mediation. ‘Mediator’ includes agents and employees of the mediator or mediation program and any judge conducting a case settlement conference.
(10) ‘Public body’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 174.109.
(11) ‘State agency’ means any state officer, board, commission, bureau, department, or division thereof, in the executive branch of state government. [1989 c.718 § 3; 1997 c.670 § 11; 2003 c.791 11,11a; 2005 c.817 § 3]
[1989 c.718 § 4; 1991 c.538 § 1; repealed by 2003 c.791 § 33]
[1989 c.718 § 5; repealed by 2003 c.791 § 33]
[1989 c.718 § 6; repealed by 2003 c.791 § 33]
[1989 c.718 § 7; repealed by 2003 c.791 § 33]
(Dispute Resolution Programs)