Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 634 > Liability Claims Procedure

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the State Department of Agriculture. See Oregon Statutes 634.006
• 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}
• Landowner: means a person:

  (a) Owning three acres or more within a proposed protected area; and

  (b) In the case of multiple ownership of land:

  (A) Whose interest is greater than an undivided one-half interest in the land; or

  (B) Who holds an authorization in writing from one or more of the other owners whose interest, when added to the interest of the person, are greater than an undivided one-half interest in the land. See Oregon Statutes 634.006

• Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Pesticide operator: means a person who owns or operates a business engaged in the application of pesticides upon the land or property of another. See Oregon Statutes 634.006
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.