§ 6A-8-201 Issuer
§ 6A-8-202 Issuer’s responsibility and defenses — Notice of defect or defense
§ 6A-8-203 Staleness as notice of defect or defense
§ 6A-8-204 Effect of issuer’s restriction on transfer
§ 6A-8-205 Effect of unauthorized signature on security certificate
§ 6A-8-206 Completion of alteration of security certificate
§ 6A-8-207 Rights and duties of issuer with respect to registered owners
§ 6A-8-208 Effect of signature of authenticating trustee, registrar, or transfer agent
§ 6A-8-209 Issuer’s lien
§ 6A-8-210 Overissue

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 6A-8 > Part 2 - Issue and Issuer

  • Applicant: means any person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity who or that, on his, her, or its own behalf, or on behalf of another, has applied for permission to engage in any act or activity that is regulated under the provisions of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-26-3
  • CBD: means cannabidiol (CBD) derived from a hemp plant as defined in § 2-26-3, not including products derived from exempt cannabis plant material as defined in 21 C. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-26-3
  • commission: means the commission established pursuant to § 2-27-3. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-27-2
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the office of cannabis regulation within the department of business regulation. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-26-3
  • Department: means the department of environmental management. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-27-2
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Director: means the director of the department of environmental management, unless otherwise specified. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-27-2
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • 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.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Forest land: means any tract or contiguous tracts of land, ten (10) acres or larger bearing a dense growth of trees, including any underbrush, and having either the quality of self-perpetuation, or being dependent upon its development by the planting and replanting of trees in stands of closely growing timber. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-27-2
  • Fund: means the forest land conservation fund established pursuant to § 2-27-6. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-27-2
  • Grower: means a person or entity who or that produces hemp for commercial purposes. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-26-3
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • Handler: means a person or entity who or that produces or processes hemp or agricultural hemp seed into commodities or who manufactures hemp products. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-26-3
  • 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
  • industrial hemp: means the plant Cannabis sativa L. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-26-3
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • 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.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Sequester: To separate. Sometimes juries are sequestered from outside influences during their deliberations.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • THC: means tetrahydrocannabinol, the principal psychoactive constituent of cannabis. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-26-3
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.