Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 368 > Acquisition of Property for Roads

• County road: means a public road under the jurisdiction of a county that has been designated as a county road under ORS § 368. See Oregon Statutes 368.001
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Owner: means a vendee under a recorded land sale contract or, if there is no recorded land sale contract, the holder of the record title of land if the vendee or holder has a present interest equal to or greater than a life estate. See Oregon Statutes 368.001
• Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• public body: means state government bodies, local government bodies and special government bodies. See Oregon Statutes 174.109
• Public road: means a road over which the public has a right of use that is a matter of public record. See Oregon Statutes 368.001
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Road: means the entire right of way of any public or private way that provides ingress to or egress from property by means of vehicles or other means or that provides travel between places by means of vehicles. See Oregon Statutes 368.001
• United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100