If the defendant be admitted to take the oath, he or she shall thereafter be exempt from imprisonment on the execution or any future execution that may be issued on such judgment, and execution on such judgment shall issue only against the goods and chattels and real estate of the defendant.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 260, § 20; G.L. 1909, ch. 326, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 377, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 563, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 10-13-22.