Rhode Island General Laws 44-4-25. Severability
If a court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge to be invalid or unconstitutional any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this chapter or the application of it to any person or circumstance, the adjudication shall not affect, impair, invalidate or nullify the remainder of this chapter, or the applications of this chapter, which can be given effect without the invalid provision application, but the effect of the court’s adjudication shall be confined to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or section or part of this chapter, or application of it, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application so adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional.
History of Section.
P.L. 2002, ch. 65, art. 40, § 4.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 44-4-25
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.