{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-18-4-15","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 18-4-15","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(a) In §§ 18-4-16 — 18-4-21, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:\n(1) “Bank” includes any person or association of persons, whether incorporated or not, carrying on the business of banking.\n(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.\n(3) “Person” includes a corporation, partnership, or other association, or two (2) or more persons having a joint or common interest.\n(4) “Principal” includes any person to whom a fiduciary owes an obligation.\n(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.","path":["Title 18 Fiduciaries","Chapter 4 Powers of Fiduciaries"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE18/18-4/18-4-15.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:07Z","sha256":"ea4f14b2094bfa80d83906144b9803495d5a975210734ef2ab64bc0fbc255408","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-18-4-14","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-18-4-16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}