Rhode Island General Laws 10-13-2. Persons not entitled to take oath
No person who shall be committed on execution awarded against him or her as plaintiff in replevin or as defendant in any action on a penal statute or in any action for conversion or detention of personal property, or for any malicious injury to the person, health or reputation of the plaintiff in such suit, or for seduction, or for any trespass, excepting only such as are particularly named in § 10-13-1, shall be deemed to be within the meaning of the provisions of that section or entitled to be admitted to take the oath as provided in § 10-13-1.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 260, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 326, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 377, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 563, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 10-13-2; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 56; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 34.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 10-13-2
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.