§ 7-7-1 — § 7-7-1. Definitions.

Rhode Island § 7-7-1

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 7: Corporations, Associations and Partnerships
• Ch. 7-7: Producers’ Cooperatives

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§ 7-7-1. Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the term:

(1) "Agricultural products� or "products� means field crops, horticultural, viticultural, forestry, nut, dairy, livestock, poultry, bee, and all farm products and the byproducts derived from any of them; and words used import the singular or the plural as the context demands;

(2) "Association� means any corporation formed under this chapter;

(3) "Member� means a person who owns a common stock in an association formed with capital stock, or who owns a certificate of membership in an association formed without capital stock;

(4) "Person� means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, an association, or two (2) or more persons having a joint or common interest.

Legislative History

P.L. 1928, ch. 1202, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 117, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 7-7-1.