Oregon Revised Statutes
Or. Rev. Stat. § 801.100 (2026)
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801.100 Definitions generally. Except where the context requires otherwise, the definitions given in the vehicle code govern its construction. [1983 c.338 §12]
801.105 [1983 c.338 §13; repealed by 1993 c.741 §147]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases, 1991–2012 · leading case: State v. Holmes, 813 P.2d 28 (Or. 1991).
State v. Holmes, 813 P.2d 28 (Or. 1991). “ORS 801.100. Various provisions of the Oregon Vehicle Code vest a police officer with certain authority to enforce its provisions.”
State v. Toevs, 964 P.2d 1007 (Or. 1998). “However, that definition, which applies ‘Telxcept where the context requires otherwise,” ORS 801.100, refers to the cessation from movement of a vehicle, rather than defining a type of police-citizen encounter.”
State v. Bea, 864 P.2d 854 (Or. 1993). “Neither does the Oregon Vehicle Code, ORS chapters 801 to 822, define that term in its definition section, ORS 801.100 to 801.610. The ordinary meaning of the noun “turn” is “the action or an act of * * * taking a direction or a different direction: change of course”; “the…”
State v. Greason, 809 P.2d 695 (Or. Ct. App. 1991). “" The quoted statutory definitions apply with equal force to the Implied Consent Law and to DUII, because both are part of the Oregon Vehicle Code.”
Farmers Ins. Exch. v. Crutchfield, 113 P.3d 972 (Or. Ct. App. 2005). “See ORS 801.100. In contrast, nothing in the insurance code— which does address insurance policies — defines the term “owns” as used in automobile liability policies.”
State v. Tarpley, 972 P.2d 1201 (Or. Ct. App. 1998). “ORS 801.100. The Vehicle Code’s omnibus definition of “owner” provides: “(1) The person in whose name title to a vehicle is issued, and who is entitled to possession and use of the vehicle.”
State v. Cruz, 855 P.2d 191 (Or. Ct. App. 1993). “ORS 801.100 provides that the definitions set forth in chapter 801 apply to terms in chapter 813, “[ejxcept where the context requires otherwise.”
Truck Ins. Exch. v. Friend, 291 P.3d 743 (Or. Ct. App. 2012). “020(l)(c), was ‘to provide a comprehensive system for the regulation of all motor and other vehicles in this state,’ ORS 801.”
Brasher's Cascade Auto Auction, Inc. v. Leon, 270 P.3d 330 (Or. Ct. App. 2011). “The first word in the phrase— “inventory” — commonly is understood to mean “the quantity of goods or materials on hand : STOCK, SUPPLY.”
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