Definitions for ORS 238.500 to 238.585. As used in ORS 238.500 to 238.585, unless the context requires otherwise

ORS 238.500 — under Chapter 238.

ORS 238.500

(1) “Court” means the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Oregon Tax Court and a circuit court.

(2) “Judge” means a judge of any court.

(3) “Judge member” means a judge who is a member of the Public Employees Retirement System subject to ORS 238.500 to 238.585.

(4) “Service as a judge” means creditable service, as defined by ORS 238.005, by a judge as:

(a) A regularly elected or appointed judge of a court; or

(b) A regularly elected or appointed judge of a court temporarily in another court. [Formerly 237.211]