Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 264 > Employees Retirement System

• 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.
• board of commissioners: means the governing body of a district. See Oregon Statutes 264.010
• District: means a domestic water supply district formed under this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 264.010
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Local exchange telecommunications service: means telecommunications service provided within the boundaries of exchange maps filed with and approved by the commission. See Oregon Statutes 759.005
• Telecommunications: means the transmission of information chosen by a person, between or among points specified by the person, without change in the form or content of the information sent or received. See Oregon Statutes 759.005
• Telecommunications service: means telecommunications that are offered for a fee to the public, or to such class of users as to be effectively available to the public, without regard to the facilities used to provide the telecommunications. See Oregon Statutes 759.005
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.