Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 18 > Entry of Judgments in Register

• Action: means any proceeding commenced in a court in which the court may render a judgment. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
• City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• County court: includes board of county commissioners. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• 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:
• Execution: means enforcement of the money award portion of a judgment or enforcement of a judgment requiring delivery of the possession or sale of specific real or personal property, by means of writs of execution, writs of garnishment and other statutory or common law writs or remedies that may be available under the law. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
• 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
• Money award: means a judgment or portion of a judgment that requires the payment of money. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
• Probate: Proving a will
• 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
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Supplemental judgment: means a judgment that may be rendered after a general judgment pursuant to a legal authority. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
• Support award: means a money award or agency order that requires the payment of child or spousal support. See Oregon Statutes 18.005