Title 33
Probate Practice and Procedure

Chapter 12
Payment of Decedents’ Debts and Charges

R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-12-5

§ 33-12-5. Real estate not devised applied first.

Unless a different intention appear by the will, real estate not devised shall be subjected to the payment of debts and legacies, before real estate devised.

History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 735; G.L. 1909, ch. 308, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 359, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 570, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 33-12-5.