Oregon Statutes > Chapter 44 > Media Persons as Witnesses
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- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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.
- 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
- Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
- public body: means state government bodies, local government bodies and special government bodies. See Oregon Statutes 174.109
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- special government body: means any of the following:
(a) A public corporation created under a statute of this state and specifically designated as a public corporation. See Oregon Statutes 174.117
- state government: means the executive department, the judicial department and the legislative department. See Oregon Statutes 174.111
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- Violate: includes failure to comply. See Oregon Statutes 174.100