Rhode Island General Laws 34-18-3. Supplementary principles of law applicable
(a) Unless displaced by the provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law relating to capacity to contract, mutuality of obligations, principal and agent, real property, public health, safety, and fire prevention, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating cause supplements its provisions.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 34-18-3
- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(b) This chapter shall apply to any rental agreement involving public housing or any type of federally subsidized or regulated housing except where:
(1) A particular subject matter has been pre-empted by federal law, or;
(2) A landlord or tenant has any rights or responsibilities derived from federal law or regulations which directly conflict with the provisions of this chapter, in which case the rights and responsibilities derived from federal laws and regulations shall control.
History of Section.
P.L. 1986, ch. 200, § 2.