§ 30-13-1 Definitions. – In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Accuser" means a person who signs and swears to charges,any person who directs that charges nominally be signed and sworn to byanother, and any person who has an interest other than an official interest inthe prosecution of the accused;
(2) "Active state duty" means full-time duty in the activemilitary service of the state under an order of the governor issued underauthority vested in the governor by law, and includes travel to and from thatduty;
(3) "Code" means this chapter;
(4) "Commanding officer" includes only commissioned officers;
(5) "Commissioned officer" includes a commissioned warrantofficer;
(6) "Convening authority" includes, in addition to the personwho convened the court, a commissioned officer commanding for the time being,or a successor in command;
(7) "Duty status other than active state duty" means any typeof required duty other than that set forth in subdivision (2) of this sectionand includes travel to and from that duty;
(8) "Enlisted member" means a person in an enlisted grade;
(9) "Grade" means a step or degree, in a graduated scale ofoffice or military rank, that is established and designed as a grade by law orregulation;
(10) "Law officer" means an official of a generalcourt-martial detailed in accordance with § 30-13-28;
(11) "Law specialist" means a commissioned officer of theorganized naval militia of the state designated for special duty (law);
(12) "Legal officer" means any commissioned officer of theorganized naval militia of the state designated to perform legal duties for acommand;
(13) "May" is used in a permissive sense. The words "noperson may . . ." mean that no person is required, authorized, orpermitted to do the act prescribed;
(14) "Military" refers to any or all of the armed forces;
(15) "Military court" means a court-martial, a court ofinquiry, or a provost court;
(16) "Officer" means commissioned or warrant officer;
(17) "Rank" means the order of precedence among members ofthe state military forces;
(18) "Shall" is used in an imperative sense;
(19) "State judge advocate" means the commissioned officer onthe staff of the adjutant general responsible for supervising military justicein the state military forces;
(20) "State military forces" means the national guard of thestate, as defined in 32 U.S.C. § 101(3), the organized naval militia ofthe state, the independent chartered military organizations, the Rhode Islandstate guard and the unorganized militia, and any other military force organizedunder the laws of the state; and
(21) "Superior commissioned officer" means a commissionedofficer superior in rank or command.
§ 30-13-1 Definitions. – In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Accuser" means a person who signs and swears to charges,any person who directs that charges nominally be signed and sworn to byanother, and any person who has an interest other than an official interest inthe prosecution of the accused;
(2) "Active state duty" means full-time duty in the activemilitary service of the state under an order of the governor issued underauthority vested in the governor by law, and includes travel to and from thatduty;
(3) "Code" means this chapter;
(4) "Commanding officer" includes only commissioned officers;
(5) "Commissioned officer" includes a commissioned warrantofficer;
(6) "Convening authority" includes, in addition to the personwho convened the court, a commissioned officer commanding for the time being,or a successor in command;
(7) "Duty status other than active state duty" means any typeof required duty other than that set forth in subdivision (2) of this sectionand includes travel to and from that duty;
(8) "Enlisted member" means a person in an enlisted grade;
(9) "Grade" means a step or degree, in a graduated scale ofoffice or military rank, that is established and designed as a grade by law orregulation;
(10) "Law officer" means an official of a generalcourt-martial detailed in accordance with § 30-13-28;
(11) "Law specialist" means a commissioned officer of theorganized naval militia of the state designated for special duty (law);
(12) "Legal officer" means any commissioned officer of theorganized naval militia of the state designated to perform legal duties for acommand;
(13) "May" is used in a permissive sense. The words "noperson may . . ." mean that no person is required, authorized, orpermitted to do the act prescribed;
(14) "Military" refers to any or all of the armed forces;
(15) "Military court" means a court-martial, a court ofinquiry, or a provost court;
(16) "Officer" means commissioned or warrant officer;
(17) "Rank" means the order of precedence among members ofthe state military forces;
(18) "Shall" is used in an imperative sense;
(19) "State judge advocate" means the commissioned officer onthe staff of the adjutant general responsible for supervising military justicein the state military forces;
(20) "State military forces" means the national guard of thestate, as defined in 32 U.S.C. § 101(3), the organized naval militia ofthe state, the independent chartered military organizations, the Rhode Islandstate guard and the unorganized militia, and any other military force organizedunder the laws of the state; and
(21) "Superior commissioned officer" means a commissionedofficer superior in rank or command.
§ 30-13-1 Definitions. – In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Accuser" means a person who signs and swears to charges,any person who directs that charges nominally be signed and sworn to byanother, and any person who has an interest other than an official interest inthe prosecution of the accused;
(2) "Active state duty" means full-time duty in the activemilitary service of the state under an order of the governor issued underauthority vested in the governor by law, and includes travel to and from thatduty;
(3) "Code" means this chapter;
(4) "Commanding officer" includes only commissioned officers;
(5) "Commissioned officer" includes a commissioned warrantofficer;
(6) "Convening authority" includes, in addition to the personwho convened the court, a commissioned officer commanding for the time being,or a successor in command;
(7) "Duty status other than active state duty" means any typeof required duty other than that set forth in subdivision (2) of this sectionand includes travel to and from that duty;
(8) "Enlisted member" means a person in an enlisted grade;
(9) "Grade" means a step or degree, in a graduated scale ofoffice or military rank, that is established and designed as a grade by law orregulation;
(10) "Law officer" means an official of a generalcourt-martial detailed in accordance with § 30-13-28;
(11) "Law specialist" means a commissioned officer of theorganized naval militia of the state designated for special duty (law);
(12) "Legal officer" means any commissioned officer of theorganized naval militia of the state designated to perform legal duties for acommand;
(13) "May" is used in a permissive sense. The words "noperson may . . ." mean that no person is required, authorized, orpermitted to do the act prescribed;
(14) "Military" refers to any or all of the armed forces;
(15) "Military court" means a court-martial, a court ofinquiry, or a provost court;
(16) "Officer" means commissioned or warrant officer;
(17) "Rank" means the order of precedence among members ofthe state military forces;
(18) "Shall" is used in an imperative sense;
(19) "State judge advocate" means the commissioned officer onthe staff of the adjutant general responsible for supervising military justicein the state military forces;
(20) "State military forces" means the national guard of thestate, as defined in 32 U.S.C. § 101(3), the organized naval militia ofthe state, the independent chartered military organizations, the Rhode Islandstate guard and the unorganized militia, and any other military force organizedunder the laws of the state; and
(21) "Superior commissioned officer" means a commissionedofficer superior in rank or command.
