Rhode Island General Laws 33-17-26. Suit on bond for failure to inventory or account for property
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Suit on a probate bond, except the bond authorized by § 33-17-3, may be brought whenever it shall appear that the administrator or the executor has received the personal estate of the testator or intestate and has not, after being cited by the court to do so, exhibited upon oath a particular inventory of the estate, or has refused or neglected to account upon oath for the property of the testator or intestate by him or her received.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 1037; G.L. 1909, ch. 320, § 26; G.L. 1923, ch. 371, § 25; G.L. 1938, ch. 576, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 33-17-26.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 33-17-26
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- oath: includes affirmation; the word "sworn" includes affirmed; and the word "engaged" includes either sworn or affirmed. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-11
- Probate: Proving a will
- Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.