Whenever provision is made for the hearing of a matter on a day certain, it may be heard then or on some future day to which the court may assign the hearing, or on which all the parties in writing may agree and to which the court may assent.

History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 346; G.L. 1909, ch. 290, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 340, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 505, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 8-11-7.