Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 100 > Document Filing

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• 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.
• association: means the association provided for under ORS § 100. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
• County: means the county in which the district, or the greatest length of highway to be illuminated, is located. See Oregon Statutes 372.010
• County board: means board of county commissioners or county court of a county. See Oregon Statutes 372.010
• Declarant: means a person who records a declaration under ORS § 100. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
• Declaration: means the instrument described in ORS § 100. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• District: means a highway lighting district formed under this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 372.010
• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• executed by the association: means signed by the secretary and the president or chairperson of the association. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
• Highway: means any road or way open to public travel. See Oregon Statutes 372.010
• local government: means all cities, counties and local service districts located in this state, and all administrative subdivisions of those cities, counties and local service districts. See Oregon Statutes 174.116
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Recorded: means to cause to be recorded by the county officer in the real property records for each county in which the condominium is located. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Turnover meeting: means the meeting provided for under ORS § 100. See Oregon Statutes 100.005
• United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100