2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships
Chapter 7-7 - Producers' Cooperatives
Section 7-7-1 - Definitions.
§ 7-7-1 Definitions. – In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the term:
(1) "Association" means any corporation formed under this chapter;
(2) "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;
(3) "Person" means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, an association, or two (2) or more persons having a joint or common interest;
(4) "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.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1928, ch. 1202, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 117, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 7-7-1.)
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