Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 35 > Condemnation of Property Adjoining Proposed Roadways

• 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.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Condemner: means the state, any city, county, school district, municipal or public corporation, political subdivision or any instrumentality or any agency thereof or a private corporation that has the power to exercise the right of eminent domain. See Oregon Statutes 35.215
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• County board: means the county court or the board of county commissioners of a county. See Oregon Statutes 552.013
• County court: includes board of county commissioners. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• District: means a water improvement district proposed or created under this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 552.013
• District board: means the board of directors of a district. See Oregon Statutes 552.013
• Engineering plan: means the plans and specifications for the works to be constructed including:

  (a) Maps, profiles, plans and other data necessary to show the location and character of the work, and the property benefited, taken or damaged;

  (b) All rights of way or other property which may be required for the construction of the works; and

  (c) Estimates of the cost of the works and of the benefits and damages which will accrue to each tract of land upon the construction of the works. See Oregon Statutes 552.013

• Filed for record: means to file a document for recording with the county clerk of each county in which the lands within a district are located. See Oregon Statutes 552.013
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Property: means real or personal property or any interest therein of any kind or nature that is subject to condemnation. See Oregon Statutes 35.215
• public body: means state government bodies, local government bodies and special government bodies. See Oregon Statutes 174.109
• Real market value: means real market value computed in accordance with ORS § 308. See Oregon Statutes 552.013
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• tract of land: means real property, together with improvements thereon, within a district. See Oregon Statutes 552.013
• User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
• Works: means dams, storage reservoirs, canals, ditches, dikes, levees, revetments, and all other structures, facilities, improvements and property necessary or convenient for draining land, controlling flood or surface waters, or supplying water for irrigation, domestic supply or other purposes. See Oregon Statutes 552.013
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.