§ 7-15-1 - Definitions. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 7-15-1

   § 7-15-1  Definitions. – (a) "Enterprise" includes any sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation,association, or other legal entity, and any union or group of individualsassociated for a particular purpose although not a legal entity.

   (b) "Person" includes any individual or entity capable ofholding a legal or beneficial interest in property.

   (c) "Racketeering activity" means any act or threat involvingmurder, kidnapping, gambling, arson in the first, second, or third degree,robbery, bribery, extortion, larceny or prostitution, or any dealing innarcotic or dangerous drugs which is chargeable as a crime under state law andpunishable by imprisonment for more than one year, or child exploitations forcommercial or immoral purposes in violation of § 11-9-1(b) or (c) or§ 11-9-1.1.

   (d) "Unlawful debt" means a debt incurred or contracted in anillegal gambling activity or business or which is unenforceable under state lawin whole or in part as to principal or interest because of the law relating tousury.