Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 23-20.11 - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity and Firefighter Protection

• Agent: shall mean any person authorized by the state to purchase and affix tax stamps on packages of cigarettes. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-20.11-3
• Cigarette: shall mean any roll for smoking whether made wholly or in part of tobacco or any other substance, irrespective of size or shape and whether or not such tobacco or substance is flavored, adulterated or mixed with any other ingredient, the wrapper or cover of which is made of paper or any other substance or material except tobacco, and that because of its size, appearance, the type of tobacco used in its filler, or its packaging or labeling, is likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as a cigarette or cigarette equivalent. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-20.11-3
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Director: shall mean the director of the Rhode Island department of health. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-20.11-3
• Manufacturer: shall mean :

  (i)  Any entity which manufacturers or otherwise produces cigarettes or causes cigarettes to be manufactured or produced anywhere that such manufacturer intends to be sold in this state, including cigarettes intended to be sold in the United States through an importer; or

  (ii)  The first purchaser anywhere that intends to resell in the United States cigarettes manufactured anywhere that the original manufacturer or maker does not intend to be sold in the United States; or

  (iii)  Any entity that becomes a successor of an entity described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subdivision. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-20.11-3

• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• 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.
• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
• Quality control and quality assurance program: shall mean the laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment-related problems do not affect the results of the testing. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-20.11-3
• Repeatability: shall mean the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trails from a single laboratory will fall ninety-five percent (95%) of the time. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-20.11-3
• Retail dealer: shall mean any person other than a manufacturer or wholesale dealer engaged in selling cigarettes or tobacco products. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-20.11-3
• Sale: shall mean any transfer of title or possession or both, exchange or barter, conditional or otherwise, in any manner or by any means whatever or any agreement therefor. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-20.11-3
• Sell: shall mean to sell, or to offer or agree to do the same. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-20.11-3
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8
• Wholesale dealer: shall mean any person who sells cigarettes or tobacco products to retail dealers or other persons for purposes of resale, and any person who owns, operates or maintains one or more cigarette or tobacco product vending machines in, at or upon premises owned or occupied by any other person. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-20.11-3