Title 18Fiduciaries

Title 18Fiduciaries

Chapter 4Powers of Fiduciaries

R.I. Gen. Laws § 18-4-15

§ 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.