Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 27-49 - Motor Vehicle Theft and Motor Vehicle Insurance Fraud Reporting - Immunity Act

• Authorized governmental agency: includes :

  (i)  The office of the attorney general;

  (ii)  The state police;

  (iii)  Any police or fire department of a municipality;

  (iv)  The U. See Rhode Island General Laws 27-49-2

• 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.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Insured: means a person, corporation, or other entity for which automobile insurance coverage is provided by an insurer. See Rhode Island General Laws 27-49-2
• Insurer: means any domestic insurer or foreign insurer, licensed to provide automobile insurance coverage pursuant to the provisions of this title, or otherwise liable for any loss due to motor vehicle theft or motor vehicle insurance fraud. See Rhode Island General Laws 27-49-2
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
• Relevant: means having a tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the investigation or determination of the issue more probable or less probable than it would be without the information. See Rhode Island General Laws 27-49-2
• 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.
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
• United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8