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SECTION 11-30-1

   § 11-30-1  Definitions. – For the purpose of this chapter and chapter 1 of title 10, the terms "nuisanceor common nuisance", "person", or "place" are defined as follows:

   (1) "Nuisance" or "common nuisance" means and includes anyplace as defined in this section in or upon which lewdness, assignation, orprostitution is conducted, permitted, continued, or exists, and the personalproperty used in conducting or maintaining any place for that purpose, and allbuildings, places, or tenements used as houses of ill fame, for illegal gaming,or where intemperate, idle, dissolute, noisy, or disorderly persons are in thehabit of resorting;

   (2) "Person" includes any individual, corporation,association, partnership, trustee, lessee, agent, or assignee; and

   (3) "Place" includes any building, structure, or tenement, orany separate part or portion of a building or structure, or the ground itself.

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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-11 > Chapter-11-30 > 11-30-1

SECTION 11-30-1

   § 11-30-1  Definitions. – For the purpose of this chapter and chapter 1 of title 10, the terms "nuisanceor common nuisance", "person", or "place" are defined as follows:

   (1) "Nuisance" or "common nuisance" means and includes anyplace as defined in this section in or upon which lewdness, assignation, orprostitution is conducted, permitted, continued, or exists, and the personalproperty used in conducting or maintaining any place for that purpose, and allbuildings, places, or tenements used as houses of ill fame, for illegal gaming,or where intemperate, idle, dissolute, noisy, or disorderly persons are in thehabit of resorting;

   (2) "Person" includes any individual, corporation,association, partnership, trustee, lessee, agent, or assignee; and

   (3) "Place" includes any building, structure, or tenement, orany separate part or portion of a building or structure, or the ground itself.


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-11 > Chapter-11-30 > 11-30-1

SECTION 11-30-1

   § 11-30-1  Definitions. – For the purpose of this chapter and chapter 1 of title 10, the terms "nuisanceor common nuisance", "person", or "place" are defined as follows:

   (1) "Nuisance" or "common nuisance" means and includes anyplace as defined in this section in or upon which lewdness, assignation, orprostitution is conducted, permitted, continued, or exists, and the personalproperty used in conducting or maintaining any place for that purpose, and allbuildings, places, or tenements used as houses of ill fame, for illegal gaming,or where intemperate, idle, dissolute, noisy, or disorderly persons are in thehabit of resorting;

   (2) "Person" includes any individual, corporation,association, partnership, trustee, lessee, agent, or assignee; and

   (3) "Place" includes any building, structure, or tenement, orany separate part or portion of a building or structure, or the ground itself.