Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 7-13.1 – Uniform Limited Partnership Act


Part 1	General Provisions [Effective January 1, 2023.]
Part 2	Formation – Certificate of Limited Partnership and Other Filings [Effective January 1, 2023.]
Part 3	Limited Partners [Effective January 1, 2023.]
Part 4	General Partners [Effective January 1, 2023.]
Part 5	Contributions and Distributions [Effective January 1, 2023.]
Part 6	Dissociation [Effective January 1, 2023.]
Part 7	Transferable Interests and Rights of Transferees and Creditors [Effective January 1, 2023.]
Part 8	Dissolution and Winding Up [Effective January 1, 2023.]
Part 9	Actions by Partners [Effective January 1, 2023.]
Part 10	Foreign Limited Partnerships [Effective January 1, 2023.]
Part 11	Merger, Interest Exchange, Conversion, and Domestication [Effective January 1, 2023.]
Part 12	Miscellaneous Provisions [Effective January 1, 2023.]

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 7-13.1 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act

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 7-13.1-1101
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 7-13.1-1101
Advertisement: means all representations, other than those on the label, disseminated in any manner or by any means, relating to seed within the scope of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-6-2
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.
Agricultural seed: means the seeds of grass, forage, cereal, and fiber crops and other kinds of seeds commonly recognized within this state as agricultural seeds, lawn seeds and mixtures of those seeds, and may include noxious weed seeds when the director determines that the seed is being used as agricultural seed. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-6-2
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.
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
Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
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.
Brand: means a term, design, or trademark used in connection with one or several grades of commercial fertilizer. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-7-3
Brand name: means any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination identifying the commercial feed of a distributor or registrant and distinguishing it from that of others. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-3
Buyer: means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2-103
CEM: means contagious equine metritis. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-4.1-1
Certificate of limited partnership: means the certificate required by § 7-13. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
Certifying agency: means :

(i) an agency authorized under the laws of a state, territory or possession to officially certify seed; or

(ii) an agency of a foreign country determined by the U. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-6-2
Commercial feed: means all materials except whole seeds unmixed or physically altered entire unmixed seeds, when not adulterated within the meaning of § 4-2-7, which are distributed for use as feed or for mixing in feed. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-3
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
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.
Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Contract feeder: means a person who as an independent contractor, feeds commercial feed to animals pursuant to a contract whereby that commercial feed is supplied, furnished, or otherwise provided to that person and whereby that person's remuneration is determined all or in part by feed consumption, mortality, profits, or amount or quality of product. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-3
Contract for sale: includes both a present sale of goods and a contract to sell goods at a future time. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2-106
Conversion: means a transaction authorized by subpart 4. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Converted entity: means the converting entity as it continues in existence after a conversion. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Converting entity: means the domestic entity that approves a plan of conversion pursuant to § 7-13. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
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.
Customer formula feed: means commercial feed which consists of a mixture of commercial feeds and/or ingredients each batch of which is manufactured according to the specific instructions of the final purchaser. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-3
Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Decedent: A deceased person.
Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
Deliver: means either physically transferring a paper document to the secretary of state or transferring a document to the secretary of state by electronic transmission through a medium provided and authorized by the secretary of state. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
Department: means the department of environmental management. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-4.1-1
Department: means the department of environmental management of the state of Rhode Island. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-5-1
Devise: To gift property by will.
Director: means the director of the department of environmental management of the state of Rhode Island and/or his or her authorized deputies or agents. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-6-2
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 the department of environmental management. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-4.1-1
Director: means the director of environmental management of the state of Rhode Island. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-5-1
Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
Distribute: means to offer for sale, sell, exchange, or barter, commercial feed; or to supply, furnish, or otherwise provide commercial feed to a contract feeder. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-3
Distribution: means a transfer of money or other property from a limited partnership to a person on account of a transferable interest or in the person's capacity as a partner. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
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 7-13.1-1101
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
Distributor: means any person who distributes. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-3
Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
Domesticated limited partnership: means the domesticating limited partnership as it continues in existence after a domestication. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Domesticating limited partnership: means the domestic limited partnership that approves a plan of domestication pursuant to § 7-13. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Domestication: means a transaction authorized by subpart 5. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Drug: means any article intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in animals other than humans and articles other than feed intended to affect the structure or any function of the animal body. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-3
Electronic transmission: means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and renewed by a recipient thereof, and may be directly reproduced in a paper form by such a recipient through an automated process. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
Equine: means horses, including ponies, mules and donkeys. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-4.1-1
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}
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.
execution: means an original signature, facsimile, or an electronically transmitted signature submitted through a medium provided and authorized by the secretary of state. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
Feed ingredient: means each of the constituent materials making up a commercial feed. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-3
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 7-13.1-1101
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.
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 limited partnership: means a foreign limited partnership whose general partners have limited liability for the debts, obligations, or other liabilities of the foreign partnership under a provision similar to § 7-13. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
Foreign limited partnership: means an unincorporated entity formed under the law of a jurisdiction other than this state which would be a limited partnership if formed under the law of this state. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
General partner: means a person that:

(i) Has become a general partner under § 7-13. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
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 7-13.1-1101
Governor: means :

(i) A director of a business corporation or an officer of a business corporation that has no board of directors;

(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 7-13.1-1101
Grade: means the percentage of total nitrogen, available phosphorus or phosphoric acid, and soluble potassium or soluble potash stated in whole numbers in the same terms, order, and percentages as in the guaranteed analysis. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-7-3
Guaranteed analysis: means :

(i) Until the director prescribes the alternative form of guaranteed analysis in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (7)(ii) of this section, the term "guaranteed analysis" shall mean the minimum percentage of plant nutrients claimed in the following order and form:

(A) Total Nitrogen (N). See Rhode Island General Laws 2-7-3
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.
Hybrid: means the first generation seed of a cross produced by controlling the pollination and by combining: (1) two (2) or more inbred lines; (2) one inbred or a single cross with an open pollination variety; or (3) two (2) varieties or species, except open-pollinated varieties of corn (Zea mays). See Rhode Island General Laws 2-6-2
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
Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
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 7-13.1-1101
Interest exchange: means a transaction authorized by subpart 3. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
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 7-13.1-1101
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 7-13.1-1101
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 7-13.1-102
Kind: means one or more related species or sub-species which, singly or collectively, is known by one common name, for example, corn, oats, alfalfa, and timothy. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-6-2
Label: means the display of all written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container or statement accompanying a commercial fertilizer. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-7-3
Label: means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon or affixed to the container in which a commercial feed is distributed, or on the invoice or delivery slip with which a commercial feed is distributed. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-3
Labeling: means all labels, and other written, printed, or graphic representations, in any form whatsoever, accompanying or pertaining to any seed whether in bulk or in containers, and includes representations on invoices. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-6-2
Labeling: means all written, printed, or graphic matter, upon or accompanying any commercial fertilizer, or advertisements, brochures, posters, television, and radio announcements used in promoting the sale of commercial fertilizers. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-7-3
Labeling: means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter:

(i) Upon a commercial feed or any of its containers or wrapper; or

(ii) Accompanying that commercial feed. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-3
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}
Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
Limited partner: means a person that:

(i) Has become a limited partner under § 7-13. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
Lot: means a definite quantity of seed identified by a lot number or other mark, every portion or bag of which is uniform within recognized tolerances for the factors which appear in the labeling. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-6-2
magistrate: may be construed to mean a justice, or a clerk acting as a justice, of a district court. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
Manufacture: means to grind, mix, or blend, or further process a commercial feed for distribution. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-3
Merger: means a transaction authorized by subpart 2. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
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 7-13.1-1101
Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
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.
Official sample: means any sample of commercial fertilizer taken by the director or his or her agent and designated as "official" by the director. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-7-3
Official sample: means a sample of feed taken by the director or his or her agent in accordance with § 4-2-10(c), (e), or (f). See Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-3
Organic law: means the law of an entity's jurisdiction of formation governing the internal affairs of the entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Organic rules: means the public organic record and private organic rules of an entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Partner: means a limited partner or general partner. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
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 limited partnership concerning the matters described in § 7-13. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
percentage: means the percentage by weight. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-7-3
percentages: means percentages by weights. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-3
Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, company, society, or association. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-6-2
Person: includes individual, partnership, association, firm, and corporation. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-7-3
Person: means individual, partnership, corporation, and association. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-3
Person: means an individual, business corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, general cooperative association, limited cooperative association, unincorporated nonprofit association, cooperative housing corporation, workers' cooperative, producers' cooperative, consumer's cooperative, 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 7-13.1-102
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.
Pet: means any domesticated animal normally maintained in or near the household(s) of the owner(s). See Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-3
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 7-13.1-1101
Plan of conversion: means a plan under § 7-13. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Plan of domestication: means a plan under § 7-13. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Plan of interest exchange: means a plan under § 7-13. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Plan of merger: means a plan under § 7-13. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
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.
Principal office: means the principal executive office of a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership, whether or not the office is located in this state. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
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 7-13.1-1101
Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
Product name: means the name of the commercial feed which identifies it as to kind, class, or specific use. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-3
Prohibited noxious weed seeds: means the seeds of perennial weeds that not only reproduce by seed but also spread by underground roots, stems and other reproductive parts, and which, when well established, are highly destructive and difficult to control in this state by ordinary good cultural practice. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-6-2
Property: means all property, whether real, personal, or mixed or tangible or intangible, or any right or interest therein. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
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 7-13.1-1101
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 7-13.1-1101
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.
Registered agent: means an agent of a limited partnership or foreign limited 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 7-13.1-102
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 7-13.1-1101
Registered foreign limited partnership: means a foreign limited partnership that is registered to do business in this state pursuant to a statement of registration filed by the secretary of state. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
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.
Required information: means the information that a limited partnership is required to maintain under § 7-13. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
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.
Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
Restricted noxious weed seeds: means the seeds of weeds that are objectionable in fields, lawns, and gardens of this state, but can be controlled by good cultural practices. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-6-2
right of contribution: means property or a benefit described in § 7-13. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
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
Secretary of agriculture: means the secretary of agriculture of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-5-1
Seller: means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods. See Rhode Island General Laws 6A-2-103
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.
Sign: means , with 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 7-13.1-102
Soil conservation and domestic allotment act: means the federal soil conservation and domestic allotment act, 16 U. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-5-1
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 7-13.1-102
State veterinarian: means a veterinarian employed or designated by the department. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-4.1-1
Statement of conversion: means a statement under § 7-13. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Statement of domestication: means a statement under § 7-13. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Statement of interest exchange: means a statement under § 7-13. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Statement of merger: means a statement under § 7-13. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
Surviving entity: means the entity that continues in existence after or is created by a merger. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-1101
Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
Ton: means a net weight of two thousand (2,000) pounds avoirdupois. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-7-3
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
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 7-13.1-102
Transferable interest: means the right, as initially owned by a person in the person's capacity as a partner, to receive distributions from a limited partnership, whether or not the person remains a partner or continues to own any part of the right. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
Transferee: means a person to which all or part of a transferable interest has been transferred, whether or not the transferor is a partner. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
Treated: means given an application of a substance or subjected to a process designed to reduce, control, or repel disease organisms, insects, or other pests which attack seeds or seedlings growing therefrom. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-6-2
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: means a group of varieties so nearly similar that the individual varieties cannot be clearly differentiated except under special conditions. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-6-2
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 7-13.1-1101
United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8
Variety: means a subdivision of a kind characterized by growth, yield, plant, fruit, seed, or other characteristics, by which it can be differentiated from other plants of the same kind. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-6-2
Vegetable seeds: means the seeds of those crops which are grown in gardens and on truck farms and are generally known and sold under the name of vegetable seeds in this state. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-6-2
Weed seeds: means the seeds of all plants generally recognized as weeds within this state and includes noxious weed seeds. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-6-2
Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.