For the purposes of ORS 33.015 to 33.155:
- (1) “Confinement” means custody or incarceration, whether actual or constructive.
(2) “Contempt of court” means the following acts, done willfully:
- (a) Misconduct in the presence of the court that interferes with a court proceeding or with the administration of justice, or that impairs the respect due the court.
- (b) Disobedience of, resistance to or obstruction of the court’s authority, process, orders or judgments.
- (c) Refusal as a witness to appear, be sworn or answer a question contrary to an order of the court.
- (d) Refusal to produce a record, document or other object contrary to an order of the court.
- (e) Violation of a statutory provision that specifically subjects the person to the contempt power of the court.
- (3) “Punitive sanction” means a sanction imposed to punish a past contempt of court.
- (4) “Remedial sanction” means a sanction imposed to terminate a continuing contempt of court or to compensate for injury, damage or costs resulting from a past or continuing contempt of court.
[1991 c.724 §1; 2005 c.22 §23]