Rhode Island General Laws 9-22-1. Court order requiring nonresident plaintiff to give surety for costs
The court before which any civil action, whether by appeal or otherwise, is pending may, at any time before final judgment or decree therein, upon motion of any defendant and for cause shown, require a plaintiff who is not an inhabitant of this state to give some sufficient person residing within this state or some surety company authorized to do business therein as surety for costs, which may be done by the surety endorsing his or her name on the complaint with the words “surety for costs,” or by giving bond therefor; and when surety has once been given, may for cause shown, require the plaintiff to give another surety for costs.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 442; G.L. 1909, ch. 295, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 345, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 536, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 9-22-1; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 37.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 9-22-1
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- 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
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.