§ 4-19-1 Purpose
§ 4-19-2 Definitions
§ 4-19-3 Registration of municipal dog pounds
§ 4-19-4 Registration of animal shelters, rescues, and brokers
§ 4-19-4.1 Sales by pet shops
§ 4-19-4.2 Prohibition on sales in public places
§ 4-19-5 Pet shop licenses
§ 4-19-5.1 Breeder licenses
§ 4-19-5.2 Trainers required to obtain kennel license – Exceptions
§ 4-19-6 Public auction and kennel licenses
§ 4-19-7 Dealer licenses
§ 4-19-8 Denial of certificates of registration or licenses
§ 4-19-9 Operation as a pet shop, kennel, breeder or public auction without a license
§ 4-19-10 Dealing in animals without a license
§ 4-19-11 Mistreatment of animals
§ 4-19-11.1 Repealed
§ 4-19-11.2 Destruction of animals – Reporting
§ 4-19-11.3 Penalty for violations
§ 4-19-12 Disposition of animals
§ 4-19-12.1 Public health exemptions
§ 4-19-13 Rules and regulations
§ 4-19-14 Chapter inapplicable
§ 4-19-15 Access of inspectors to property
§ 4-19-16 Mandatory spaying and neutering of dogs and cats adopted from a licensed releasing agency
§ 4-19-17 Forfeited fees
§ 4-19-18 Penalties for violations
§ 4-19-19 Adoption of municipal ordinances
§ 4-19-20 Severability
§ 4-19-21 Use of the terms owner or guardian
§ 4-19-22 Animal control officers
§ 4-19-23 Pets for veterans
§ 4-19-24 Humane transportation of K-9 partners

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 4-19 - Animal Care

  • Acquired entity: means the entity, all of one or more classes or series of interests of which are acquired in an interest exchange. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Acquiring entity: means the entity that acquires all of one or more classes or series of interests of the acquired entity in an interest exchange. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Adjudicated parent: means an individual who has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be a parent of a child. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-8.1-102
  • Adopt: means when an adopting party voluntarily acquires and assumes responsibility for an animal from a releasing agency that is properly licensed or registered by the department. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Adopting party: means any person who enters into a contract acquiring an animal from a releasing agency that is properly licensed or registered by the department. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Adult: means an individual who is at least eighteen (18) years of age. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Adult supportive care home: means : (i) A publicly or privately operated residence that provides, directly or indirectly, by means of contracts or arrangements, personal assistance to meet the resident's changing needs and preferences, lodging, and meals to two (2), but not more than five (5), adults who are unrelated to the licensee or manager, excluding, however, any privately operated establishment or facility licensed pursuant to chapter 17 of this title, and those facilities licensed by or under the jurisdiction of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, the department of children, youth and families, or any other state agency; and (ii) Shall be a duly licensed home nursing care provider or nursing facility licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 17 of this title, an assisted living residence provider licensed pursuant to chapter 17. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.24-1
  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • After-care: means any assistance provided by a caregiver to a patient under this chapter after the patient's discharge from a hospital that is related to the patient's condition at the time of discharge. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.27-1
  • Agent: means an individual:

    (i)  Authorized to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health care; or

    (ii)  Expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal's behalf by any other record signed by the principal. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Anaerobic digestion facility: means a facility employing a closed vessel to perform a closed process of accelerated biodegradation of organic materials and/or organic solid wastes into biogas and digestate, using microorganisms under controlled conditions in the absence of oxygen. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.9-7
  • Anatomical gift: means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Animal: means any dog or cat, rabbit, rodent, nonhuman primate, bird or other warm-blooded vertebrate, amphibian, fish, or reptile but shall not include horses, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, and domestic fowl. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Animal shelter: means a brick-and-mortar facility that is used to house or contain animals and that is owned, operated, or maintained by a duly incorporated humane society, animal welfare society, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or other nonprofit organization devoted to the welfare, protection, and humane treatment of animals. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • animal-control officer: means any person employed, contracted, or appointed by the state, or any political subdivision of the state, for the purpose of aiding in the enforcement of this chapter or any other law or ordinance relating to the licensing of dogs, cats, or other animals; the control of dogs, cats, or other animals; or the seizure and impoundment of dogs, cats, or other animals and includes any state or municipal peace officer, animal-control officer, sheriff, constable, or other employee whose duties, in whole or in part, include assignments that involve the seizure or taking into custody of any dog, cat, or other animal. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Assisted reproduction: means a method of causing pregnancy other than through sexual intercourse and includes, but is not limited to:

    (i)  Intrauterine, intracervical, or vaginal insemination;

    (ii)  Donation of gametes;

    (iii)  Donation of embryos;

    (iv)  In vitro fertilization and transfer of embryos; and

    (v)  Intracytoplasmic sperm injection. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-8.1-102

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • Beneficial reuse material: means a processed, nonhazardous, solid waste not already defined as recyclable material by this chapter and by regulations of the Rhode Island department of environmental management that the director has determined can be reused in an environmentally beneficial manner without creating potential threats to public health, safety, welfare, or the environment or creating potential nuisance conditions. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.9-7
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Birth: includes stillbirth and fetal death. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-8.1-102
  • Breeder: means a person engaged in the propagation of purebred or crossbred dogs and/or cats for the purpose of improving and enhancing a breed recognized and registered by the American Kennel Club, American Field Stud Book, a registered cat breed association, or for sale at wholesale or retail, unless otherwise exempted as a hobby breeder as defined below. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Broker: means any third party who arranges, delivers, or otherwise facilitates transfer of ownership of animal(s), through adoption or fostering, from one party to another, whether or not the party receives a fee for providing that service and whether or not the party takes physical possession of the animal(s) at any point. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Burial ground authority: means the municipality, ecclesiastical society, or cemetery association, as the case may be. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.2-1
  • Burial place: means any tract of land within any municipality that is used or has been used or has been in existence as a burial ground. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.2-1
  • Business: includes every trade, occupation, and profession. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-102
  • Capable of self-preservation: means the physical mobility and judgmental ability of the individual to take appropriate action in emergency situations. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.24-1
  • Caregiver: means any individual duly designated as a caregiver by a patient under this chapter who provides after-care assistance to a patient living in his or her residence. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.27-1
  • Child: means an individual of any age whose parentage may be determined pursuant to this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-8.1-102
  • Columbarium: means a structure or room, or other space in a building or structure of durable or lasting fireproof construction, containing niches, used, or intended to be used, to contain cremated human remains. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18-1
  • Commercial fertilizer: means any substance containing one or more recognized plant nutrient(s) that is used for its plant nutrient content and that is designed for use or claimed to have value in promoting plant growth, except unmanipulated animal and vegetable manures, marl, lime, limestone, wood ashes and gypsum, and other products exempted by regulation of the director. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-7-3
  • Commercial unit: means such a unit of goods as by commercial usage is a single whole for purposes of lease and division of which materially impairs its character or value on the market or in use. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Community mausoleum: means a structure or building of durable or lasting construction, used or intended to be used, for the permanent disposition in crypts or spaces therein of the remains of deceased persons, provided the crypts or spaces and their use are available to or may be obtained by individuals for a price in money or other form of security. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18-1
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Composting facility: means land, appurtenances, structures, or equipment where organic materials originating from another process or location that have been separated at the point or source of generation from nonorganic material are recovered using a process of accelerated biological decomposition of organic material under controlled aerobic conditions. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.9-7
  • Construction and demolition debris processing facility: means a solid waste management facility that receives and processes construction and demolition debris. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.9-7
  • Consumer lease: means a lease that a lessor regularly engaged in the business of leasing or selling makes to a lessee who is an individual and who takes under the lease primarily for a personal, family, or household purpose. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conversion: means a transaction authorized by § 7-12. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Converted entity: means the converting entity as it continues in existence after a conversion. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Converting entity: means the domestic entity that approves a plan of conversion pursuant to § 7-12. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: means the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation;

    (2)  "Department" means the department of environmental management;

    (3)  "Director" means the director of the department of environmental management;

    (4)  "Post-consumer waste" has the meaning given "post-consumer content" in § 37-2-76. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.8-2.1

  • 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.
  • Covered educational facility: means a building or group of two (2) or more interconnected buildings owned or used by a covered educational institution at which organic waste materials are generated. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.9-7
  • Covered educational institution: means a higher educational or research institution. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.9-7
  • Covered entity: means each commercial food wholesaler or distributor, industrial food manufacturer or processor, supermarket, resort or conference center, banquet hall, restaurant, religious institution, military installation, prison, corporation, hospital or other medical care institution, and casino. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.9-7
  • Crypt: means the chamber in a mausoleum of sufficient size to contain the remains of a deceased person. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18-1
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dealer: means any person who sells, exchanges, or donates, or offers to sell, exchange, or donate, animals to another dealer, pet shop, or research facility, or who breeds animals for the purpose of selling or donating to another dealer or pet shop or research facility. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Decedent: means a deceased individual whose body or part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the department of environmental management;

    (2)  "Director" means the director of the department of environmental management or the director's designee;

    (3)  "Disposal" means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, abandoning, or placing of any hazardous waste in, on, into or onto any land, other surface, or building, or into any water, stormwater system, or sewer system;

    (4)(i)  "Hazardous waste" means any waste or combination of wastes of a solid, liquid, contained gaseous, or semisolid form which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may:

    (A)  Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or

    (B)  Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-19.1-4

  • Department: means the department of health;

    (2)  "Employee" means an individual employed, whether directly, by the contract with another entity or as an independent contractor, by a long-term care nursing facility on a part-time or full-time basis;

    (3)  "Long-term care facility or facility" means a health care facility as defined in chapter 17 of this title, which provides long-term health care. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.19-2

  • Department: means the department of health. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.26-2
  • Determination of parentage: means establishment of a parent-child relationship by a judicial or administrative proceeding or signing of a valid acknowledgement of parentage pursuant to article 3 of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-8.1-102
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Director: means the director of the department of environmental management or any subordinate or subordinates to whom the director has delegated the powers and duties vested in him or her by this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.9-7
  • Director: means director of the department of environmental management or his or her authorized agent. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-7-3
  • Director: means the director of environmental management of the state of Rhode Island. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Director: means the director of the Rhode Island department of health. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.24-1
  • Director: means the director of department of health. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.26-2
  • Director: means the director of the Rhode Island department of health. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.28-2
  • Discharge: means a patient's exit or release from a hospital to the patient's residence following an inpatient admission. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.27-1
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Disinterested witness: means a witness other than the spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandchild, grandparent, or guardian of the individual who makes, amends, revokes, or refuses to make an anatomical gift, or another adult who exhibited special care and concern for the individual. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Distributional interest: means the right under an unincorporated entity's organic law and organic rules to receive distributions from the entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Distributor: means any person who imports, consigns, manufactures, produces, compounds, mixes, or blends commercial fertilizer, or who offers for sale, sells, barters, or otherwise supplies commercial fertilizer in this state. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-7-3
  • Document of gift: means inclusion in a donor registry, a donor card or other record used to make an anatomical gift. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • dog pound: means a facility operated by a state, or any political subdivision of a state, for the purpose of impounding or harboring seized, stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted dogs, cats, and other animals or a facility operated for that purpose under a contract with any municipal corporation or incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Domesticated limited liability partnership: means a domesticating limited liability partnership as it continues in existence after a domestication. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Domesticating limited liability partnership: means the domestic limited liability partnership that approves a plan of domestication pursuant to § 7-12. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Domestication: means a transaction authorized by § 7-12. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Donor: means an individual whose body or part is the subject of an anatomical gift. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Donor registry: means the Rhode Island Donor Registry established under § 31-10-26. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Embryo: means a cell or group of cells containing a diploid complement of chromosomes or a group of such cells, not including a gamete, that has the potential to develop into a live born human being if transferred into the body of a person under conditions in which gestation may be reasonably expected to occur. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-8.1-102
  • Employee: means a nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 5-34, and a certified nurse assistant registered pursuant to chapter 23-17. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.20-2
  • Employer: means a person, partnership, association, corporation or group of persons acting directly or indirectly in the interest of a health care facility;

    (3)  "Health care facility" means any private, public or state hospital;

    (4)  "On-call time" means time spent by an employee who is not working on the premises of the place of employment but who is compensated for availability or who, as a condition of employment, has agreed to be available to return to the premises of the place of employment on short notice if the need arises;

    (5)  "Reasonable efforts" means that the employer shall:

    (i)  Seek persons who volunteer to work extra time from all available qualified staff who are working at the time of the unforeseeable emergent circumstance;

    (ii)  Contact all qualified employees who have made themselves available to work extra time; and

    (iii)  Seek the use of per diem staff;

    (6)  "Regular hourly wage" means the amount that an employee is regularly paid for each hour of work as determined by dividing the total hours of work during the week into the employee's total earnings for the week, exclusive of pay for overtime work;

    (7)  "Unforeseeable emergent circumstance" means an unpredictable occurrence relating to health care delivery that requires immediate action, and which shall include a major power outage, a public health emergency, an irregular increase in patient census, or an irregular increase in the number of employees not reporting for predetermined scheduled work shifts. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.20-2

  • enclosure: means the most proximal barrier to an animal that will have the intended purpose or effect of containment of that animal or that will effectively restrict the liberty of the animal. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Entry: means a patient's admission into a hospital for the purposes of medical care. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.27-1
  • 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
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Euthanasia: means the humane destruction of an animal accomplished by a method that involves instantaneous unconsciousness and immediate death or by a method that involves anesthesia, produced by an agent that causes painless loss of consciousness and death during that loss of consciousness. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Expansion: means any increase in volume, size, or scope, either vertically, horizontally, or otherwise; provided, however, that this section does not apply to the vertical expansion of the Charlestown municipal landfill until the closure date of July 1, 2000. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.9-7
  • Eye bank: means a person that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of human eyes or portions of human eyes. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fault: means wrongful act, omission, breach, or default. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Filing entity: means an entity whose formation requires the filing of a public organic record. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Finance lease: means a lease with respect to which:

    (i)  The lessor does not select, manufacture, or supply the goods;

    (ii)  The lessor acquires the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods in connection with the lease; and

    (iii)  One of the following occurs:

    (A)  The lessee receives a copy of the contract by which the lessor acquired the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods before signing the lease contract;

    (B)  The lessee's approval of the contract by which the lessor acquired the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods is a condition to effectiveness of the lease contract;

    (C)  The lessee, before signing the lease contract, receives an accurate and complete statement designating the promises and warranties, and any disclaimers of warranties, limitations or modifications of remedies, or liquidated damages, including those of a third party, such as the manufacturer of the goods, provided to the lessor by the person supplying the goods in connection with or as part of the contract by which the lessor acquired the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods; or

    (D)  If the lease is not a consumer lease, the lessor, before the lessee signs the lease contract, informs the lessee in writing (a) of the identity of the person supplying the goods to the lessor, unless the lessee has selected that person and directed the lessor to acquire the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods from that person, (b) that the lessee is entitled under this chapter to the promises and warranties, including those of any third party, provided to the lessor by the person supplying the goods in connection with or as part of the contract by which the lessor acquired the goods or the right to possession and use of the goods, and (c) that the lessee may communicate with the person supplying the goods to the lessor and receive an accurate and complete statement of those promises and warranties, including any disclaimers and limitations of them or of remedies. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fixed Rate: Having a "fixed" rate means that the APR doesn't change based on fluctuations of some external rate (such as the "Prime Rate"). In other words, a fixed rate is a rate that is not a variable rate. A fixed APR can change over time, in several circumstances:
    • You are late making a payment or commit some other default, triggering an increase to a penalty rate
    • The bank changes the terms of your account and you do not reject the change.
    • The rate expires (if the rate was fixed for only a certain period of time).
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Foreign limited liability partnership: means a foreign partnership whose partners have limited liability for the debts, obligations, or other liabilities of the foreign partnership under a provision similar to § 7-12. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-102
  • Foreign partnership: means an unincorporated entity formed under the law of a jurisdiction other than this state which would be a partnership if formed under the law of this state. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-102
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gamete: means sperm, egg, or any part of a sperm or egg. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-8.1-102
  • Gestational carrier: means an adult individual who is not an intended parent and who enters into a gestational carrier agreement to bear a child conceived using the gametes of another individual and not the gestational carrier's own, except that an individual who carries a child for a family member using the gestational carrier's own gametes and who fulfills the requirements of article 8 of this chapter is a gestational carrier. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-8.1-102
  • Gestational carrier agreement: means a contract between an intended parent or parents and a gestational carrier intended to result in a live birth. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-8.1-102
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Goods: means all things that are movable at the time of identification to the lease contract, or are fixtures (§?6A-2. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
  • Governance interest: means a right under the organic law or organic rules of an unincorporated entity, other than as a governor, agent, assignee, or proxy, to:

    (i)  Receive or demand access to information concerning, or the books and records of, the entity;

    (ii)  Vote for or consent to the election of the governors of the entity; or

    (iii)  Receive notice of or vote on or consent to an issue involving the internal affairs of the entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101

  • Governor: means :

    (i)  A director of a business corporation;

    (ii)  A director or trustee of a nonprofit corporation;

    (iii)  A general partner of a general partnership;

    (iv)  A general partner of a limited partnership;

    (v)  A manager of a manager-managed limited liability company;

    (vi)  A member of a member-managed limited liability company;

    (vii)  A director of a general cooperative association;

    (viii)  A director of a limited cooperative association;

    (ix)  A manager of an unincorporated nonprofit association;

    (x)  A trustee of a statutory trust, business trust, or common-law business trust; or

    (xi)  Any other person under whose authority the powers of an entity are exercised and under whose direction the activities and affairs of the entity are managed pursuant to the organic law and organic rules of the entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101

  • 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.
  • Guardian: means a person appointed by a court to make decisions regarding the support, care, education, health, or welfare of an individual. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Historic cemetery: means any tract of land which has been for more than one hundred (100) years used as a burial place, whether or not marked with an historic marker, including but not limited to, ancient burial places known or suspected to contain the remains of one or more American Indians. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18-1
  • Hobby breeder: means those persons whose regular occupation is not the breeding and raising of dogs and cats and whose method of sale is at retail only. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Hospital: means a person or governmental entity licensed in accordance with chapter 17 of this title to establish, maintain, and operate a hospital. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.26-2
  • Hospital: means a facility licensed under Rhode Island statute. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.27-1
  • Hospital: means any institutional health service provider, facility, or institution, place, building, agency, or portion thereof, whether a partnership or corporation, whether public or private, whether organized for profit or not, used, operated, or engaged in providing healthcare services. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.28-2
  • Hospital: means a facility licensed as a hospital under the law of any state or a facility operated as a hospital by the United States, a state, or a subdivision of a state. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Identification card: means an identification card issued by the department of motor vehicles. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • 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
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Intended parent: means an individual, whether married or unmarried, who manifests an intent to be legally bound as a parent of a child conceived through assisted reproduction or a gestational carrier agreement. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-8.1-102
  • Interest: means :

    (i)  A share in a business corporation;

    (ii)  A membership in a nonprofit corporation;

    (iii)  A partnership interest in a general partnership;

    (iv)  A partnership interest in a limited partnership;

    (v)  A membership interest in a limited liability company;

    (vi)  A share in a general cooperative association;

    (vii)  A member's interest in a limited cooperative association;

    (viii)  A membership in an unincorporated nonprofit association;

    (ix)  A beneficial interest in a statutory trust, business trust, or common-law business trust; or

    (x)  A governance interest or distributional interest in any other type of unincorporated entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101

  • Interest exchange: means a transaction authorized by § 7-12. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Interest holder: means :

    (i)  A shareholder of a business corporation;

    (ii)  A member of a nonprofit corporation;

    (iii)  A general partner of a general partnership;

    (iv)  A general partner of a limited partnership;

    (v)  A limited partner of a limited partnership;

    (vi)  A member of a limited liability company;

    (vii)  A shareholder of a general cooperative association;

    (viii)  A member of a limited cooperative association;

    (ix)  A member of an unincorporated nonprofit association;

    (x)  A beneficiary or beneficial owner of a statutory trust, business trust, or common-law business trust; or

    (xi)  Any other direct holder of an interest. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101

  • Interest holder liability: means :

    (i)  Personal liability for a liability of an entity which is imposed on a person:

    (A)  Solely by reason of the status of the person as an interest holder; or

    (B)  By the organic rules of the entity which make one or more specified interest holders or categories of interest holders liable in their capacity as interest holders for all or specified liabilities of the entity; or

    (ii)  An obligation of an interest holder under the organic rules of an entity to contribute to the entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101

  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • 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.
  • Jurisdiction of formation: means the jurisdiction whose law governs the internal affairs of an entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-102
  • Kennel: means a place or establishment, other than a pound or animal shelter, or veterinary hospital that is housing animals during their treatment, where animals not owned by the proprietor are sheltered, fed, and watered in return for a fee. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Know: means to have actual knowledge. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Lease: means a transfer of the right to possession and use of goods for a term in return for consideration, but a sale, including a sale on approval or a sale or return, or retention or creation of a security interest is not a lease. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lease agreement: means the bargain, with respect to the lease, of the lessor and the lessee in fact as found in their language or by implication from other circumstances including course of dealing or usage of trade or course of performance as provided in this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
  • Lease contract: means the total legal obligation that results from the lease agreement as affected by this chapter and any other applicable rules of law. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
  • Leasehold interest: means the interest of the lessor or the lessee under a lease contract. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
  • Legal tender: coins, dollar bills, or other currency issued by a government as official money. Source: U.S. Mint
  • Lessee: means a person who acquires the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
  • Lessor: means a person who transfers the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Licensed releasing agency: means any animal shelter, animal-rescue, pound, animal-control officer, or broker that is required to be licensed or registered with the director pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and is so licensed or registered. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Lineal descendant: Direct descendant of the same ancestors.
  • Manager: means any person who has responsibility for day-to-day administration or operation of an adult supportive care home. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.24-1
  • Marriage: means and includes civil union and any legal relationship that provides substantially the same rights, benefits, and responsibilities as marriage and is recognized as valid in the state or jurisdiction in which it was entered. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-8.1-102
  • Merger: means a transaction authorized by § 7-12. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Merging entity: means an entity that is a party to a merger and exists immediately before the merger becomes effective. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Minor: means an individual who is under eighteen (18) years of age. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
  • Niche: means a recess in a columbarium or other structure, used, or intended to be used, for the permanent disposition of the cremated remains of one or more deceased persons. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18-1
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • oath: includes affirmation; the word "sworn" includes affirmed; and the word "engaged" includes either sworn or affirmed. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-11
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Organ procurement organization: means a person designated by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services as an organ procurement organization. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Organic law: means the law of an entity's jurisdiction of formation governing the internal affairs of the entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Organic rules: means the public organic record and private organic rules of an entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Organic waste material: means the organic material portion of the solid waste stream, including, but not limited to, food scraps, food processing residue, and soiled or unrecyclable paper that has been separated from nonorganic material. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.9-7
  • Outlays: Outlays are payments made (generally through the issuance of checks or disbursement of cash) to liquidate obligations. Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Parent: means an individual who has established parentage that meets the requirements of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-8.1-102
  • Parent: means a parent whose parental rights have not been terminated. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Parentage: means the legal relationship between a child and a parent as established under this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-8.1-102
  • Part: means an organ, an eye, or tissue of a human being. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Partner: means a person that:

    (i)  Has become a partner in a partnership under § 7-12. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-102

  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Partnership agreement: means the agreement, whether or not referred to as a partnership agreement and whether oral, implied, in a record, or in any combination thereof, of all the partners of a partnership concerning the matters described in § 7-12. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-102
  • Patient: means a patient eighteen (18) years of age or older. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.27-1
  • Person: means an individual, business corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, general cooperative association, limited cooperative association, unincorporated nonprofit association, statutory trust, business trust, common-law business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-102
  • Person: includes an individual, firm, partnership, association, and private or municipal corporation. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.9-7
  • Person: includes individual, partnership, association, firm, and corporation. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-7-3
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, firm, joint stock company, corporation, association, trust, estate, or other legal entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Personal assistance: means the provision of one or more of the following services, as required by the resident or as reasonably requested by the resident, on a scheduled or unscheduled basis, including: (i) Assisting the resident with personal needs including activities of daily living, defined as bathing, dressing, grooming, eating, toileting, mobility and transfer; (ii) Assisting the resident with self-administration of medication or administration of medications by appropriately licensed staff; (iii) Providing or assisting the resident in arranging for health and supportive services as may be reasonably required; (iv) Monitoring the activities of the resident while on the premises of the residence to ensure his or her health, safety, and well-being; and (v) Reasonable recreational, social and personal services. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.24-1
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Pet shop: means an establishment where animals are bought, sold, exchanged, or offered for sale or exchange to the general public at retail. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Physician: means an individual authorized to practice medicine or osteopathy under the law of any state. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plan: means a plan of merger, plan of interest exchange, plan of conversion, or plan of domestication. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Plan of conversion: means a plan under § 7-12. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Plan of domestication: means a plan under § 7-12. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Plan of interest exchange: means a plan under § 7-12. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Plan of merger: means a plan under § 7-12. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Plastic: means any material made of polymeric organic compounds and additives that can be shaped by flow. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.15-1
  • Plastic bottle: means a plastic container that has a neck that is smaller than the body of the container, accepts a screw type, snap cap, or other closure and has a capacity of sixteen (16) fluid ounces or more, but less than five (5) gallons. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.15-1
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Presumed parent: means a person who is presumed to be the parent of a child under § 15-8. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-8.1-102
  • Principal office: means the principal executive office of a partnership or a foreign limited liability partnership, whether or not the office is located in this state. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-102
  • Private organic rules: means the rules, whether or not in a record, that govern the internal affairs of an entity, are binding on all its interest holders, and are not part of its public organic record, if any. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Procurement organization: means an eye bank, organ procurement organization, or tissue bank. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Property: means all property, whether real, personal, or mixed or tangible or intangible, or any right or interest therein. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-102
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Prospective donor: means an individual who is dead or near death and has been determined by a procurement organization to have a part that could be medically suitable for transplantation, therapy, research, or education. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Protected agreement: means :

    (i)  A record evidencing indebtedness and any related agreement in effect on January 1, 2023;

    (ii)  An agreement that is binding on an entity on January 1, 2023;

    (iii)  The organic rules of an entity in effect on January 1, 2023; or

    (iv)  An agreement that is binding on any of the governors or interest holders of an entity on January 1, 2023. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101

  • Public auction: means any place or location where dogs or cats are sold at auction to the highest bidder regardless of whether those dogs or cats are offered as individuals, as a group, or by weight. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Public organic record: means the record the filing of which by the secretary of state is required to form an entity and any amendment to or restatement of that record. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Purchase: includes taking by sale, lease, mortgage, security interest, pledge, gift, or any other voluntary transaction creating an interest in goods. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • 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
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Reasonably available: means able to be contacted by a procurement organization without undue effort and willing and able to act in a timely manner consistent with existing medical criteria necessary for the making of an anatomical gift. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
  • Recipient: means an individual into whose body a decedent's part has been or is intended to be transplanted. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-8.1-102
  • Recyclable materials: means those materials separated from solid waste for reuse. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.9-7
  • Refusal: means a record created under § 23-18. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Registered agent: means an agent of a limited liability partnership or foreign limited liability partnership which is authorized to receive service of any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the partnership. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-102
  • Registered foreign entity: means a foreign entity that is registered to do business in this state pursuant to a record filed by the secretary of state. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Registrant: means the person who registers commercial fertilizer under the provisions of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-7-3
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • rescue: means an entity, without a physical brick-and-mortar facility, that is owned, operated, or maintained by a duly incorporated humane society, animal welfare society, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or other nonprofit organization devoted to the welfare, protection, and humane treatment of animals intended for adoption. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Research facility: means any place, laboratory, or institution at which scientific tests, investigations, or experiments involving the use of living animals are carried out, conducted, or attempted. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Residence: means a dwelling that the patient considers to be his or her home. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.27-1
  • Resident: means an individual not requiring acute medical or skilled nursing care as provided in a healthcare facility but who, as a result of choice and/or physical or mental limitation, requires personal assistance, lodging and meals and may require the administration of medication. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.24-1
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Rigid plastic container: means any formed or molded container, other than a bottle, intended for single use, composed predominantly of plastic resin and having a relatively inflexible finite shape or form with a capacity of eight (8) ounces or more but less than five (5) gallons. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.15-1
  • seal: shall be construed to include an impression of the seal made with or without the use of wax or wafer on the paper. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-15
  • Segregated solid waste: means material separated from other solid waste for reuse. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.9-7
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Sexual assault: shall include sexual assault as provided in § 11-37-2, child molestation as provided in § 11-37-8. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-8.1-102
  • Sexual exploitation: shall include sexual exploitation of a minor as provided in § 11-9-1, sexual abuse of a vulnerable adult as provided in chapter 37 of Title 11, and similar offenses in other jurisdictions. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-8.1-102
  • Sexual maturity: means when a dog or cat reaches six (6) months. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Sign: means , with the present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:

    (i)  To execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or

    (ii)  To attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2

  • Sign: means , with the intent to authenticate or adopt a record, to:

    (i)  Execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or

    (ii)  Attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-8.1-102

  • Signatory: means an individual who signs a record. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-8.1-102
  • Solid waste: means garbage, refuse, tree waste as defined by subsection (14) of this section, and other discarded solid materials generated by residential, institutional, commercial, industrial, and agricultural sources, but does not include solids or dissolved material in domestic sewage or sewage sludge or dredge material as defined in chapter 6. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.9-7
  • Solid waste management facility: means any plant, structure, equipment, real and personal property, except mobile equipment or incinerators with a capacity of less than one thousand pounds (1,000 lbs. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.9-7
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-102
  • State veterinarian: means a licensed veterinarian from the department of environmental management. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Statement of conversion: means a statement under § 7-12. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Statement of domestication: means a statement under § 7-12. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Statement of interest exchange: means a statement under § 7-12. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Statement of merger: means a statement under § 7-12. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Sublease: means a lease of goods the right to possession and use of which was acquired by the lessor as a lessee under an existing lease. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Supplemental appropriation: Budget authority provided in an appropriations act in addition to regular or continuing appropriations already provided. Supplemental appropriations generally are made to cover emergencies, such as disaster relief, or other needs deemed too urgent to be postponed until the enactment of next year's regular appropriations act.
  • Supplier: means a person from whom a lessor buys or leases goods to be leased under a finance lease. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
  • Supply contract: means a contract under which a lessor buys or leases goods to be leased. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2.1-103
  • Surviving entity: means the entity that continues in existence after or is created by a merger. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101
  • Technician: means an individual determined to be qualified to remove or process parts by an appropriate organization that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Telephone directory: means a soft cover listing of telephone numbers and addresses by telephone listing territories commonly listed alphabetically or by occupation and distributed to households and businesses on behalf of telecommunications utilities or private advertisers; and

    (6)  "Telephone directory distributor" means any party which distributes telephone directories within the state, and shall include the principal of the party if the party is an agent and the principal is located or doing business in the state. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.8-2.1

  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Tissue: means a portion of the human body other than an organ or an eye. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Tissue bank: means a person that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of tissue. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.6.1-2
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Trainer: means those persons who actively engage in the application of behavior analysis using the environmental events of antecedents and consequences to modify the behavior of an animal, either for the animal to assist in specific activities or undertake particular tasks, or for the animal to participate effectively in contemporary domestic life, and who keep, board, or retain possession of the animal for at least one overnight period, with the exception of those persons engaged in these activities for dog training programs operated by government agencies and for dog training programs operated by a not-for-profit or exempt nonprofit organization pursuant to 26 U. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-19-2
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Transfer: means a procedure for assisted reproduction by which an embryo or sperm is placed in the body of the individual who will give birth to the child. See Rhode Island General Laws 15-8.1-102
  • Transfer: includes :

    (i)  An assignment;

    (ii)  A conveyance;

    (iii)  A sale;

    (iv)  A lease;

    (v)  An encumbrance, including a mortgage or security interest;

    (vi)  A gift; and

    (vii)  A transfer by operation of law. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-102

  • Tree waste: means all parts of a tree, including stumps, branches, and logs that shall be considered solid waste for purposes of this chapter unless the tree waste meets the following criteria:

    (A)  The tree waste remains on the property where it was generated; or

    (B)  The tree waste remains in the possession of the person who generated it and is stored above the ground surface, on property that the same person controls, for purposes of recycling and reuse; or

    (C)  The tree waste, whether generated on or off-site, is being actively managed as a usable wood product such as landscape mulch, wood chips, firewood, or mulch. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-18.9-7

  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Type of entity: means a generic form of entity:

    (i)  Recognized at common law; or

    (ii)  Formed under an organic law, whether or not some entities formed under that organic law are subject to provisions of that law that create different categories of the form of entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-12.1-1101

  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8
  • Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.
  • Usury: Charging an illegally high interest rate on a loan. Source: OCC
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Workplace violence: means any act of violence or threat of violence that occurs at a hospital, except for a lawful act of self-defense or defense of another. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-17.28-2
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
  • Writ of certiorari: An order issued by the Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case for which it will hear on appeal.