Rhode Island General Laws 12-16.1-1. Definitions
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As used in this chapter:
(1) “Penal institutions” includes a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction, or other place of penal detention.
(2) “State” includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory of the United States.
(3) “Witness” means a person who is confined in a penal institution in any state and whose testimony is desired in another state in any criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in any criminal action before a court.
History of Section.
P.L. 1970, ch. 4, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 12-16.1-1
- Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- State: includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 12-16.1-1
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8