Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 18 § 18.005 — Definitions

Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Action” means any proceeding commenced in a court in which the court may render a judgment. (2) “Child support award” means a money award or agency order that requires the payment of child support and that is entered under ORS 108.010 to 108.550, 416.310 to 416.340, 416.510 to 416.990 or 419B.400 or ORS chapter 25, 107, 109 or 110. (3) “Civil action” means any action that is not a criminal action. (4) “Court administrator” means a trial court administrator in a circuit court that has a trial court administrator and the clerk of the court in all other courts. (5) “Criminal action” has the meaning given in ORS 131.005. (6) “Execution” means enforcement of the money award portion of a judgment or enforcement of a judgment requiring delivery of the possession or sale of specific real or personal property, by means of writs of execution, writs of garnishment and other statutory or common law writs or remedies that may be available under the law. (7) “General judgment” means the judgment entered by a court that decides all requests for relief in the action except: (a) A request for relief previously decided by a limited judgment; and (b) A request for relief that may be decided by a supplemental judgment. (8) “Judgment” means the concluding decision of a court on one or more requests for relief in one or more actions, as reflected in a judgment document. (9) “Judgment document” means a writing in the form provided by ORS 18.038 that incorporates a court’s judgment. (10) “Judgment lien” means: (a) The effect of a judgment on real property as described in ORS 18.150 (2) and (3) for the county in which the judgment is entered, and as described in ORS 18.152 (2) and (3) for a county in which the judgment is recorded under ORS 18.152; and (b) A support arrearage lien attaching to real property under ORS 18.150 (3) or 18.152 (3). (11) “Judgment remedy” means: (a) The ability of a judgment creditor to enforce a judgment through execution; and (b) Any judgment lien arising under ORS 18.150 or 18.152. (12) “Legal authority” means: (a) A statute; (b) An Oregon Rule of Civil Procedure; (c) A rule or order of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court adopted under ORS 18.028; and (d) All controlling appellate court decisions in effect December 31, 2003. (13) “Limited judgment” means: (a) A judgment entered under ORCP 67 B or 67 G; (b) A judgment entered before the conclusion of an action in a circuit court for the partition of real property, defining the rights of the parties to the action and directing sale or partition; (c) An interlocutory judgment foreclosing an interest in real property; and (d) A judgment rendered before entry of a general judgment in an action that disposes of at least one but fewer than all requests for relief in the action and that is rendered pursuant to a legal authority that specifically authorizes that disposition by limited judgment. (14) “Money award” means a judgment or portion of a judgment that requires the payment of money. (15) “Person” includes a public body as defined in ORS 174.109. (16) “Request for relief” means a claim, a charge in a criminal action or any other request for a determination of the rights and liabilities of one or more parties in an action that a legal authority allows the court to decide by a judgment. (17) “Supplemental judgment” means a judgment that may be rendered after a general judgment pursuant to a legal authority. (18) “Support arrearage lien” means a lien that attaches to real property under the provisions of ORS 18.150 (3) or 18.152 (3). (19) “Support award” means a money award or agency order that requires the payment of child or spousal support. [2003 c.576 §1; 2005 c.542 §55; 2005 c.568 §4; 2021 c.597 §38; 2025 c.99 §45] Note: Section 7, chapter 568, Oregon Laws 2005, provides: Sec. 7. Sections 2 [18.245] and 6 [18.029] of this 2005 Act and the amendments to ORS 18.005 by section 4 of this 2005 Act apply to all judgments entered on or after January 1, 2004. [2005 c.568 §7] Note: Sections 45 and 569 (1) and (2), chapter 576, Oregon Laws 2003, provide: Sec. 45. (1) Except as provided by this section or by ORS chapter 18, ORS chapter 18 applies only to judgments entered on or after January 1, 2004. Nothing in chapter 576, Oregon Laws 2003, affects the validity, lien effect or enforceability of any judgment or decree entered before January 1, 2004. Nothing in chapter 576, Oregon Laws 2003, affects the validity, lien effect or enforceability of any order or warrant docketed or recorded before January 1, 2004. Except as provided by this section or ORS chapter 18, any judgment or decree entered before January 1, 2004, and any order or warrant docketed or recorded before January 1, 2004, shall continue to be governed by the law in effect on the day immediately preceding January 1, 2004. (2) ORS 18.107 applies to any corrected judgment entered on or af