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17.003[Formerly 16.470; repealed by 1981 c.898 §53] 17.005[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.010[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.015[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.020[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.025[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.030[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.033[1973 c.812 §5; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.035[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.040[Amended by 1957 c.376 §1; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.045[Amended by 1955 c.497 §5; 1957 c.376 §2; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.050[Amended by 1969 c.388 §1; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.055[Amended by 1975 c.512 §4; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.065Definitions for ORS 17.065 to 17.085 17.075When settlement prohibited between employer and employee 17.085When settlement allowed 17.095Prohibition of confidential settlements and compromises; exceptions 17.100[1989 c.465 §1; renumbered 31.825 in 2003] 17.105[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.110[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.115[Amended by 1973 c.836 §315; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.120[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.125[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.130[Amended by 1975 c.781 §5; 1977 c.262 §3; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.135[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.140[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.145[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.150[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.155[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.160[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.165[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.170[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.175[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.180[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.185[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.190[1969 c.222 §1; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.200Confidentiality of affidavit in support of petition for approval of settlement 17.204Confidentiality of record relating to settlement of minor’s claim 17.205[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.210[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.215[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.220[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.225[Amended by 1969 c.222 §2; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.230[Renumbered 10.100] 17.235[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.240[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.245[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.250[Amended by 1981 c.892 §85a; renumbered 10.095] 17.255[Amended by 1965 c.534 §1; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.305[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.310[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.315[Renumbered 10.077] 17.320[Amended by 1977 c.357 §1; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.325[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.330[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.335[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.340[Amended by 1959 c.638 §3; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.345[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.350[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.355[Amended by 1975 c.279 §1; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.360[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.405[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.410[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.415[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.420[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.425[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.430[Amended by 1953 c.580 §2; 1959 c.558 §28; 1959 c.638 §4; repealed by 1965 c.177 §1 (17.431 enacted in lieu of 17.430)] 17.431[1965 c.177 §2 (enacted in lieu of 17.430); repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.435[Amended by 1965 c.177 §3; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.440[Repealed by 1965 c.177 §4 (17.441 enacted in lieu of 17.440)] 17.441[1965 c.177 §5 (enacted in lieu of 17.440); repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.505[Amended by 1977 c.357 §2; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.510[Amended by 1977 c.357 §3; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.515[Amended by 1971 c.565 §5; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.520[Repealed by 1955 c.611 §13] 17.525[Repealed by 1955 c.611 §13] 17.605[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.610[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.615[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.620[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.625[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.630[Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199] 17.705[Amended by 1965 c.391 §1; repealed by 1981 c.898 §53] 17.710[Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53] 17.720[Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53] 17.725[Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53] 17.730[Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53] 17.735[Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53] 17.740[Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53] 17.745[Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53] 17.750[Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53] 17.755[Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53] 17.760[Amended by 1959 c.638 §5; repealed by 1981 c.898 §53] 17.765[Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53] 17.990Penalties

Chapter 17 — Compromise; Settlement

ORS 17.065 Definitions for ORS 17.065 to 17.085

As used in ORS 17.065 to 17.085, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1)

“Compromise” means an agreement to allow judgment to be given for a sum or value specified.

(2)

“Employer” includes any agent or representative of an employer.

(3)

“Release” means an agreement to abandon a claim or right to the person against whom the claim exists.

(4)

“Settlement” means an agreement to accept as full and complete compensation for a claim a sum or value specified.

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