Rhode Island General Laws 11-30-1. Definitions
For the purpose of this chapter and chapter 1 of Title 10, the terms “nuisance or common nuisance”, “person”, or “place” are defined as follows:
(1) “Nuisance” or “common nuisance” means and includes any place as defined in this section in or upon which lewdness, assignation, or prostitution is conducted, permitted, continued, or exists, and the personal property used in conducting or maintaining any place for that purpose, and all buildings, places, or tenements used as houses of ill fame, for illegal gaming, or where intemperate, idle, dissolute, noisy, or disorderly persons are in the habit of resorting;
(2) “Person” includes any individual, corporation, association, partnership, trustee, lessee, agent, or assignee; and
(3) “Place” includes any building, structure, or tenement, or any separate part or portion of a building or structure, or the ground itself.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 92, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 108, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 120, § 1; P.L. 1925, ch. 672, § 1; P.L. 1932, ch. 1858, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-30-1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 11-30-1
- 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.
- 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.
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.