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Section 18-4-15 Definitions.

RI Gen L § 18-4-15 (2019) (N/A)
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§ 18-4-15. Definitions. (a) In §§ 18-4-16 - 18-4-21, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:

(1) "Bank" includes any person or association of persons, whether incorporated or not, carrying on the business of banking.

(2) "Fiduciary" includes a trustee under any trust, expressed, implied, resulting, or constructive, executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, curator, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, assignee for the benefit of creditors, partner, agent, officer of a corporation, public or private, public officer, or any other person acting in a fiduciary capacity for any person, trust, or estate.

(3) "Person" includes a corporation, partnership, or other association, or two (2) or more persons having a joint or common interest.

(4) "Principal" includes any person to whom a fiduciary owes an obligation.

(b) A thing is done "in good faith", within the meaning of §§ 18-4-16 - 18-4-21, when it is in fact done honestly, whether it is done negligently or not.

History of Section. (P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 3.)

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