Rhode Island § 10-13-26 § 10-13-26. Adjournment of hearings.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 10-13-26 — § 10-13-26. Adjournment of hearings.

Rhode Island § 10-13-26

Title 10Courts and civil procedure–Procedure in particular actions

Ch. 10-13Relief of Poor Debtors

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-13-26 (2026).

Text

§ 10-13-26. Adjournment of hearings.
Any judge of the district court, who shall be present at the time and place to which
            any citation in behalf of any poor prisoner, issued under the provisions of this chapter,
            shall be duly returned, may, in the absence of another magistrate, adjourn the hearing
            thereon to any other time or place, as he or she may think proper, with the same effect
            as if another judge were present.
         

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§ 10-13-26. Adjournment of hearings.

Any judge of the district court, who shall be present at the time and place to which any citation in behalf of any poor prisoner, issued under the provisions of this chapter, shall be duly returned, may, in the absence of another magistrate, adjourn the hearing thereon to any other time or place, as he or she may think proper, with the same effect as if another judge were present.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 260, § 24; C.P.A. 1905, § 1233; G.L. 1909, ch. 326, § 24; G.L. 1923, ch. 377, § 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 563, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 10-13-26; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 23.