Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 24 > Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Amateur athletic organization: means an entity organized and operated exclusively to foster state, national and international amateur unarmed combat sports competition. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Any other state: includes any state and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Breaks: means the odd cents remaining after the payoff prices have been computed in accordance with ORS § 462. See Oregon Statutes 462.010
• Calendar year: means a 12-month year, January 1 through December 31. See Oregon Statutes 462.010
• City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Commission: means the Oregon Racing Commission. See Oregon Statutes 462.010
• Continuous race meet: includes any exhibition of animal racing continuously at the same race course by two or more licensees where the mutuel system is used in conjunction with any race. See Oregon Statutes 462.010
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Drug: means any narcotic, sedative, anesthetic, analgesic, drug or other medication of any kind or description intended for use in any manner, directly or indirectly, internally or externally, in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or cure of injury or disease or for use in the prevention of disease that could affect, in any manner, the racing condition or performance of an animal as a depressant, stimulant, local anesthetic, analgesic, sedative or otherwise. See Oregon Statutes 462.010
• Entertainment wrestling: means a noncompetitive performance in which the participants deliver blows or apply holds with no intent to punish or immobilize an opponent. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. ^{Source: OCC}
• Event: means an unarmed combat sports or entertainment wrestling match, bout, contest, exhibition or performance. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Exhibition: means a demonstration of unarmed combat sports skills, the results of which are not counted toward the official record of the competitors. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Farm use: has the meaning given that term in ORS § 215. See Oregon Statutes 215.010
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fiscal year: means a 12-month year, as described in ORS § 293. See Oregon Statutes 462.010
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
• Gross mutuel wagering: means all mutuel wagering that is made in person:

  (a) At the race course of a race meet licensee;

  (b) At an off-race course mutuel wagering location approved by the commission; or

  (c) Through account wagering authorized under ORS § 462. See Oregon Statutes 462.010

• Gross receipts: means the consideration, including money, credits, rights or other items of value, received from the sale of tickets or other admissions indicia or rights, without any deduction from the total value of the consideration. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
• Judge: means a person licensed by the Superintendent of State Police who is at cageside or ringside during an unarmed combat sports event and who has the responsibility of scoring the bout of the competitors in the event. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Licensee: means a person, partnership, corporation, political subdivision, municipal corporation or any other body holding a license under this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 462.010
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• 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
• Manager: means a person licensed by the superintendent who does any of the following:

  (a) By contract or agreement undertakes to represent the interests of a professional unarmed combat sports competitor in procuring or arranging the conduct of an unarmed combat sports event in which the professional unarmed combat sports competitor is a participant. See Oregon Statutes 463.015

• Matchmaker: means a person licensed by the superintendent who is employed by or associated with a promoter in the capacity of booking and arranging unarmed combat sports events between unarmed combat sports competitors and for whose activities in this regard the promoter is legally responsible. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Medical personnel: means a physician licensed under ORS Chapter 677 or a physician assistant licensed under ORS § 677. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Mutuel: means a system whereby:

  (a) Wagers with respect to the outcome of a race are placed with a wagering pool in which the participants are not wagering against the operator; and

  (b) The operator distributes to one or more winning participants the total amount in the wagering pool, less amounts deducted by the operator as approved by the commission. See Oregon Statutes 462.010

• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Official: means an individual authorized by the superintendent or an authorized representative of the superintendent to perform duties as assigned by the superintendent or an authorized representative of the superintendent. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: includes an individual, association, organization, partnership or corporation. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Professional unarmed combat sports competitor: means an individual licensed by the superintendent who competes for or has competed for a money prize, purse or compensation in an unarmed combat sports event. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Promoter: means a person licensed by the superintendent who arranges, gives, holds or conducts an entertainment wrestling or unarmed combat sports event in this state and who is legally responsible for the lawful conduct of the event. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Public training track: means any race course or other facility that is available or open to the public for use in the training or schooling of racing animals. See Oregon Statutes 462.010
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Race: includes races conducted without wagering, provided one or more races in the meet are conducted with wagering. See Oregon Statutes 462.010
• Race course: means all the premises used in connection with the conduct of a race meet, including but not limited to, the race track, grandstands, paddock, stables, kennels and all other buildings and grounds adjacent to or appurtenant to the physical limits of the race track. See Oregon Statutes 462.010
• Race meet: means any exhibition of animal racing where the mutuel system is used in conjunction with any race. See Oregon Statutes 462.010
• 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.
• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
• 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
• Striking: means a physical attack in which an individual uses a part of the individual's body with the intent to inflict damage on an opponent. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Submission: means an act by an individual who yields to the individual's opponent and that results in the individual's immediate defeat. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Tract: means one or more contiguous lots or parcels under the same ownership. See Oregon Statutes 215.010
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Unarmed combat sports: means a form of competition where the intent is to win by striking, knockout, technical knockout or submission. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Unarmed combat sports competitor: means an individual licensed by the superintendent who competes in an unarmed combat sports event. See Oregon Statutes 463.015
• Violate: includes failure to comply. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.