Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 44-30.3 - Residential Lead Abatement Income Tax Credit

• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• 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.
• Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
• Claimant: means a property owner or lessee, who has filed a claim under this chapter and was domiciled in this state for the entire calendar year for which he or she files a claim for relief under this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-30.3-3
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• 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.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• 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.
• 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.
• Household: means one or more persons occupying a dwelling unit and living as a single nonprofit housekeeping unit. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-30.3-3
• Household income: means all income received by all persons of a household in a calendar year while members of the household. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-30.3-3
• Income: means the sum of federal adjusted gross income as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of the United States, 26 U. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-30.3-3
• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
• United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8