R.I. Gen. Laws ch. 45-31.2 § 45-31.2-2

As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) "Business" means any lawful activity, excepting a farm operation, conducted primarily:


(i) For the purchase, sale, lease, and rental of personal and real property, and for the
manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities, or any other personal
property;


(ii) For sale of services to the public;


(iii) By a nonprofit organization; or


(iv) Solely for the purposes of § 45-31.2-3(a), for assisting in the purchase, sale, resale, manufacture, processing, or marketing
of products, commodities, personal property, or services by the erection and maintenance
of an outdoor advertising display or displays, whether or not the display or displays
are located on the premises on which any of those activities are conducted.


(2) "Displaced person" means any person who, on or after January 2, 1971, moves from real
property, or moves his or her personal property from real property, as a result of
the acquisition of that real property, in whole or in part, or as the result of the
written order of the acquiring agency to vacate real property, for a program or project
undertaken by a relocation agency; and, solely for the purposes of §§ 45-31.2-3(a) and (b) and 45-31.2-6(a) and (b), as a result of the acquisition of or as the result of the written order
of the acquiring agency to vacate other real property, on which the person conducts
a business or farm operation, for the program or project.


(3) "Farm operation" means any activity conducted solely or primarily for the production
of one or more agricultural products or commodities, including timber, for sale or
home use, and customarily producing those products or commodities in sufficient quantity
to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support.


(4) "Nonprofit organization" means any nonbusiness corporation duly organized under chapter 6 of title 7.


(5) "Person" means any individual partnership, corporation, or association.


(6) "Relocation agency" means any agency, state or local, receiving federal assistance
to carry out a relocation program.