Rhode Island General Laws 10-5-7. Classes of property named in writ
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Whenever a writ of attachment can be issued by any court, it may command the attachment of the goods and chattels of the defendant and his or her real estate and his or her personal estate in the hands or possession of any person, copartnership or corporation, as his or her trustee, except as provided in § 6A-7-602, and his or her stock or shares in any banking association or other incorporated company, and may be varied so as to command the attachment of one or more of the classes of property of the defendant.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 514; G.L. 1909, ch. 299, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 349, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 548, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-7; P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 3.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 10-5-7
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- 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
- real estate: may be construed to include lands, tenements, and hereditaments and rights thereto and interests therein. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-10
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.