§ 33-17-1 Conditions of bond
§ 33-17-1.2 When surety not required
§ 33-17-1.3 When surety not required for guardians
§ 33-17-2 Meaning of condition in bond of “faithful performance”
§ 33-17-3 Bond to pay debts, legacies, and allowances
§ 33-17-4 Testamentary exemption from bond or surety
§ 33-17-5 Failure to give bond as declination of trust
§ 33-17-6 Defective bonds
§ 33-17-7 Examination and approval of bond
§ 33-17-8 Joint fiduciaries
§ 33-17-9 Bonds payable to and suable by court – Lost bonds
§ 33-17-10 Requiring further bond or sureties
§ 33-17-11 Cancelation of bond – New bond
§ 33-17-12 Release of surety – New surety – Action by surety against principal
§ 33-17-13 Order to principal on bond to exhibit condition of estate
§ 33-17-14 Copies of bond – Suit in name of court
§ 33-17-15 Beneficiaries of suit on bond shown – Costs
§ 33-17-16 Facts to be shown by creditor suing on bond
§ 33-17-17 Decree of unfaithful administration
§ 33-17-18 Evidence in action by distributee
§ 33-17-19 Hearing and judgment of forfeiture of bond
§ 33-17-20 Execution on judgment of forfeiture
§ 33-17-21 Addition of parties to suit for forfeiture
§ 33-17-22 Action on judgment for penalty
§ 33-17-23 Obligors not released by judgment on bond
§ 33-17-24 Suit on bond following judgment for obligor
§ 33-17-25 Suit for benefit of all interested in estate
§ 33-17-26 Suit on bond for failure to inventory or account for property
§ 33-17-27 Judgment and execution in suit for failure to inventory or account
§ 33-17-28 Administration of amount recovered in suit for failure to inventory or account
§ 33-17-29 Consolidation of suits against joint fiduciaries – Execution
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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 33-17 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians

  • 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.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • 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.
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • oath: includes affirmation; the word "sworn" includes affirmed; and the word "engaged" includes either sworn or affirmed. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-11
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • 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
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.