Rhode Island General Laws 33-9-27. Personal liability of executor or administrator for debts of estate
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No executor or administrator, except an executor in his or her own wrong, shall be holden to bail upon mesne process, nor shall his or her property be attached, nor his or her person arrested, nor his or her person or property taken on execution, for the debts or legacies of the testator or intestate, except upon suggestion of waste as provided in § 33-9-28; but in such suits the writs of attachment and execution shall run against the goods, chattels, rights, and credits of the deceased only in the hands of the executor or administrator.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 991; G.L. 1909, ch. 318, § 26; G.L. 1923, ch. 369, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 579, § 26; G.L. 1956, § 33-9-27.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 33-9-27
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.