Title 10
Courts and Civil Procedure — Procedure in Particular Actions

Chapter 13
Relief of Poor Debtors

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-13-14

§ 10-13-14. Administration of debtor’s oath pending original action.

The court before which any action is pending for the recovery of any debt or demand for which the defendant, if committed to a correctional institution thereon, would be entitled to be admitted to take the oath as provided in § 10-13-8, may administer the oath to the defendant as provided in this chapter.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 260, § 12; C.P.A. 1905, § 1234; G.L. 1909, ch. 326, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 377, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 563, § 12; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-13-14; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 34.