Rhode Island General Laws 18-7-2. Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Adult” means an individual who has attained the age of twenty-one (21) years.
(2) “Benefit plan” means an employer’s plan for the benefit of an employee or partner.
(3) “Broker” means a person lawfully engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities or commodities for the person’s own account or for the account of others.
(4) “Conservator” means a person appointed or qualified by a court to act as general, limited, or temporary guardian of a minor‘s property or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions.
(5) “Court” means probate court.
(6) “Custodial property” means:
(i) Any interest in property transferred to a custodian under this chapter; and
(ii) The income from and proceeds of that interest in property.
(7) “Custodian” means a person designated under § 18-7-10 or a successor or substitute custodian designated under § 18-7-19.
(8) “Financial institution” means a bank, trust company, savings institution, or credit union, chartered and supervised under state or federal law.
(9) “Legal representative” means an individual’s personal representative or conservator.
(10) “Member of the minor’s family” means the minor’s parent, stepparent, spouse, grandparent, brother, sister, uncle, or aunt, whether of the whole or half blood or by adoption.
(11) “Minor” means an individual who has not attained the age of twenty-one (21) years.
(12) “Person” means an individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity.
(13) “Personal representative” means an executor, administrator, successor personal representative, or special administrator of a decedent‘s estate or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions.
(14) “State” includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States.
(15) “Transfer” means a transaction that creates custodial property under § 18-7-10.
(16) “Transferor” means a person who makes a transfer under this chapter.
(17) “Trust company” means a financial institution, corporation, or other legal entity, authorized to exercise general trust powers.
History of Section.
P.L. 1985, ch. 389, § 2; P.L. 1998, ch. 474, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 18-7-2
- Conservator: means a person appointed or qualified by a court to act as general, limited, or temporary guardian of a minor's property or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions. See Rhode Island General Laws 18-7-2
- 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.
- Court: means probate court. See Rhode Island General Laws 18-7-2
- Custodial property: means :
(i) Any interest in property transferred to a custodian under this chapter; and
(ii) The income from and proceeds of that interest in property. See Rhode Island General Laws 18-7-2
- Custodian: means a person designated under § 18-7-10 or a successor or substitute custodian designated under § 18-7-19. See Rhode Island General Laws 18-7-2
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Financial institution: means a bank, trust company, savings institution, or credit union, chartered and supervised under state or federal law. See Rhode Island General Laws 18-7-2
- 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.
- Minor: means an individual who has not attained the age of twenty-one (21) years. See Rhode Island General Laws 18-7-2
- Person: means an individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 18-7-2
- Personal representative: means an executor, administrator, successor personal representative, or special administrator of a decedent's estate or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions. See Rhode Island General Laws 18-7-2
- Probate: Proving a will
- State: includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 18-7-2
- Transfer: means a transaction that creates custodial property under § 18-7-10. See Rhode Island General Laws 18-7-2
- Trust company: means a financial institution, corporation, or other legal entity, authorized to exercise general trust powers. See Rhode Island General Laws 18-7-2
- United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8