Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 16-93.1 - The Rhode Island Holocaust and Genocide Education Commission

• Genocide: means any act committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in substantial part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group such as:

  (i)  Killing members of that group;

  (ii)  Causing serious bodily injury to members of that group;

  (iii)  Causing permanent impairment of the mental faculties of members of the group through drugs, torture, or similar techniques;

  (iv)  Subjecting the group to conditions of life that are intended to cause the physical destruction of the group in whole or in part;

  (v)  Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; or

  (vi)  Forcibly transferring or attempting to transfer children of the group to another group, as defined by the Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 1987 (Rhode Island General Laws 16-93.1-2

• Holocaust: means the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million (6,000,000) Jews and five million (5,000,000) other individuals by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. See Rhode Island General Laws 16-93.1-2
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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.