R.I. Gen. Laws § 18-5-2: Definitions.

(a) As used in this chapter, “affiliate” of a trust company or national banking association means a member of an affiliated group connected through stock ownership with a common parent corporation which directly or indirectly owns stock possessing at least eighty percent (80%) of the total voting power and at least eighty percent (80%) of the total value of stock of each member of the affiliated group other than the common parent corporation.

(b) “Common trust fund” means a fund maintained by a bank or trust company exclusively for the collective investment and reinvestment of money contributed to the fund by the bank or trust company in its capacity as a trustee, executor, administrator, or guardian, or as a cotrustee, coexecutor, coadministrator, or coguardian.