§ 8-3-1 Engagement of office – Restriction on practice of law
§ 8-3-2 Precedence of associate justices
§ 8-3-3 Vacancy in office or inability of chief justice of supreme court
§ 8-3-4 Vacancy in office, inability, or absence of presiding justice of superior court
§ 8-3-6 Justices as conservators of peace – Powers in criminal cases
§ 8-3-7 Retirement of justices on reduced pay – Assignment as associate justices
§ 8-3-7.2 No incremental retirement benefit for temporary service as chief justice, presiding justice or chief judge
§ 8-3-8 Retirement of justices on full pay – Assignment as associate justices
§ 8-3-8.2 No incremental retirement benefit for temporary service as chief justice, presiding justice or chief judge
§ 8-3-9 Computation of service time as to former courts
§ 8-3-10 Service after retirement
§ 8-3-11 Allowances to surviving spouses, domestic partners or minor children of deceased justices
§ 8-3-12 Retirement of judges with general assembly or office service
§ 8-3-13 Pension for surviving spouses or domestic partners of judges dying prior to May 10, 1974
§ 8-3-14 Applicability of §§ 8-3-12 – 8-3-14
§ 8-3-15 Cost-of-living allowance
§ 8-3-16 Retirement contribution
§ 8-3-17 State contributions
§ 8-3-18 Calculation of retirement benefits
§ 8-3-19 Domestic partner – Definition
§ 8-3-20 Severability
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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 8-3 - Justices of Supreme, Superior, and Family Courts

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • magistrate: may be construed to mean a justice, or a clerk acting as a justice, of a district court. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8