Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 553 > Assessments; Claims; Equalization

• Apportion: means to determine the proportionate share of any assessment which is to be borne by a tract of land subject to assessment or to determine the proportionate share of any charge which is to be borne by the owner or occupant of a tract of land. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• Board: means the board of directors of a water control district created under the provisions of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Court: means the county court having jurisdiction over a water control district and includes the board of county commissioners. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• District: means a water control district created under this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• Engineering plan: means the plans and specifications for the works to be constructed or purchased within any subdistrict, including such maps, profiles, plans and other data as may be necessary to set forth the location, character of the work, the property benefited, taken or damaged, showing any and all rights of way or other property which may be required for the construction of any works, together with the estimates of the cost of the works and an estimate of the benefits and damages which will accrue to each tract of land within a subdistrict upon the construction or purchase of the works. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• 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}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• New assessed valuation: means the assessed valuation of a tract of land as assessed by the county assessor for the county in which the land is located for the year in which an adjustment of benefits is made by a district. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• Original appraised benefits: means the benefits determined to accrue to a tract of land by an appraisal. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• Original assessed valuation: means the assessed valuation of a tract of land as assessed by the county assessor for the county in which the land is located for the year in which the original benefits were determined. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• Record: means to file a document for recording with the county clerk of each county in which the lands within a district or subdistrict are located. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• tract of land: means real property, together with improvements thereon, whether publicly or privately owned, within a district. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• 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 lands with water for irrigation, domestic or other purposes. See Oregon Statutes 553.010