Title 10
Courts and Civil Procedure — Procedure in Particular Actions

Chapter 13
Relief of Poor Debtors

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-13-18

§ 10-13-18. Effect of execution after debtor’s oath.

If the debtor’s oath be administered, the execution which may be issued against the defendant in the action shall run against the goods and chattels or real estate of the defendant and not against his or her body.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 260, § 16; G.L. 1909, ch. 326, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 377, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 563, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 10-13-18.