Title 9
Courts and Civil Procedure — Procedure Generally

Chapter 5
Writs, Summons and Process

R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-5-19

§ 9-5-19. Adaptation of forms not prescribed.

Every court shall adapt the form of process necessary to be issued thereby, whenever no form is prescribed, so as to conform to law and, as far as the nature of the case will admit, to the forms prescribed in this chapter and in applicable procedural rules.

History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 519; G.L. 1909, ch. 299, § 23; G.L. 1923, ch. 349, § 23; G.L. 1938, ch. 514, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 9-5-19; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 13.