Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 8-8.3 - Extreme Risk Protection Orders

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Court: means the superior court in the county in which the respondent resides. See Rhode Island General Laws 8-8.3-1
• 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.
• Extreme risk protection order: means either a temporary order or a one-year order granted under this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 8-8.3-1
• Firearm: means and includes any machine gun, pistol, rifle, air rifle, air pistol, "blank gun" "BB gun" or other instrument from which steel or metal projectiles are propelled, or that may readily be converted to expel a projectile, except crossbows, recurve, compound, or longbows, and except instruments propelling projectiles that are designed or normally used for a primary purpose other than as a weapon. See Rhode Island General Laws 8-8.3-1
• in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
• 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.
• Law enforcement agency: means the police department of any city or town, and the division of the Rhode Island state police established pursuant to chapter 28 of Title 42. See Rhode Island General Laws 8-8.3-1
• Law enforcement officer: means a sworn member of a law enforcement agency as defined herein. See Rhode Island General Laws 8-8.3-1
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• One-year extreme risk protection order: means an extreme risk protection order granted pursuant to the provisions of Rhode Island General Laws 8-8.3-1
• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
• Petitioner: means a law enforcement agency that petitions for an order pursuant to this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 8-8.3-1
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
• 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.
• Respondent: means the person who is identified as the respondent in a petition filed pursuant to this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 8-8.3-1
• Social media: means any cell phone- or internet-based tools and applications that are used to share and distribute information. See Rhode Island General Laws 8-8.3-1
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Temporary extreme risk protection order: means an extreme risk protection order issued pursuant to the provisions of Rhode Island General Laws 8-8.3-1
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9