Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 44-29 - Admissions Tax to Racing Events at Which Pari-Mutuel Betting Is Permitted

• Admission: means all charges established for admission except those specifically designated as service charges;

  (2)  "Licensee" means a person conducting racing events at which betting under the pari-mutuel system is permitted;

  (3)  "Person" includes, but is not limited to, individuals, associations, and corporations;

  (4)  "Racing event" means a racing event at which pari-mutuel betting is permitted;

  (5)  "Seller" means a person required by this chapter to collect any tax imposed under this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-29-1

• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Person: includes , but is not limited to, individuals, associations, and corporations;

  (4)  "Racing event" means a racing event at which pari-mutuel betting is permitted;

  (5)  "Seller" means a person required by this chapter to collect any tax imposed under this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-29-1

• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• 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.