§ 32-2-1 Area included in district
§ 32-2-2 Acquisition of land for parks
§ 32-2-3 Purchase of land by agreement
§ 32-2-4 Rules and regulations – Enforcement – Powers of director
§ 32-2-5 Disbursement of funds held in treasury
§ 32-2-6 Acceptance of gifts – Metropolitan park trust fund
§ 32-2-7 Agreements with cities and towns – Transfer of control of parks
§ 32-2-8 Commissioners – Apportionment of expenses
§ 32-2-9 Payment of assessments by cities and towns
§ 32-2-10 Appointment of park police
§ 32-2-11 Powers of park police
§ 32-2-12 Park police auxiliary force
§ 32-2-13 Duties of auxiliary force – Limitations
§ 32-2-14 Use of state owned golf courses
§ 32-2-15 Local police authority

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 32-2 - Metropolitan Park District

  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • 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.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • real estate: may be construed to include lands, tenements, and hereditaments and rights thereto and interests therein. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-10
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8