§ 135.711 Facts constituting crime or subcategory of crime required
§ 135.713 Necessity of stating presumptions of law and matters judicially noticed
§ 135.715 Effect of nonprejudicial defects in form of accusatory instrument
§ 135.717 Time of crime
§ 135.720 Place of crime in certain cases
§ 135.725 Person injured or intended to be injured
§ 135.727 Description of animal
§ 135.730 Judgments; facts conferring jurisdiction
§ 135.733 Defamation
§ 135.735 Forgery; misdescription of forged instrument
§ 135.737 Perjury
§ 135.740 Construction of words and phrases used
§ 135.743 Fictitious or erroneous name; insertion of true name

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 135 > Sufficiency of Accusatory Instruments

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Department: means the Department of Consumer and Business Services. See Oregon Statutes 455.010
  • Director: means the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. See Oregon Statutes 455.010
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Municipality: means a city, county or other unit of local government otherwise authorized by law to administer a building code. See Oregon Statutes 455.010
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • State building code: means the combined specialty codes. See Oregon Statutes 455.010
  • State Treasury: includes those financial assets the lawful custody of which are vested in the State Treasurer and the office of the State Treasurer relating to the custody of those financial assets. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.