Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 622 - Shellfish

• City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Dealer: means every person or peddler engaged in the business of growing, harvesting, processing or distributing shellfish for human consumption. See Oregon Statutes 622.010
• Department: means the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. See Oregon Statutes 276.001
• Department: means the State Department of Agriculture. See Oregon Statutes 622.010
• Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
• Director: means the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. See Oregon Statutes 276.001
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• 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
• Peddler: means every person who on the person's own behalf or as the agent of another goes from place to place, or house to house, carrying or offering shellfish for sale. See Oregon Statutes 622.010
• Person: includes city, county and state as well as those included within the definition of person in ORS § 174. See Oregon Statutes 622.010
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.