Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 15-23.1 > Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions

• Applicant: means any person who has applied for permission to engage in any act or activity that is regulated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-2
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• License: means any license required by this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-2
• Local licensing authority: means the town councils of license boards of the several towns, the mayor and city council or license bureau of a city. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-2
• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
• Private detective: means a person who is hired for the purpose of conducting investigations involving:

  (i)  Inquiries into unsolved crimes;

  (ii)  Clandestine surveillance;

  (iii)  The search for missing persons; and

  (iv)  The search for lost or stolen property. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-5-2