(a)  As used in this chapter, “affiliate” of a trust company or national banking association means a member of an affiliated group connected through stock ownership with a common parent corporation which directly or indirectly owns stock possessing at least eighty percent (80%) of the total voting power and at least eighty percent (80%) of the total value of stock of each member of the affiliated group other than the common parent corporation.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 18-5-2

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

(b)  “Common trust fund” means a fund maintained by a bank or trust company exclusively for the collective investment and reinvestment of money contributed to the fund by the bank or trust company in its capacity as a trustee, executor, administrator, or guardian, or as a cotrustee, coexecutor, coadministrator, or coguardian.

History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3839, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 18-5-2; P.L. 1963, ch. 123, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 306, § 1.