Title 10, Title 10 and Civil Procedure — Procedure in Particular Actions

The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to exclude the additional chancery jurisdiction of the supreme and superior courts. The provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be mandatory and not directory.

Every person making an assignment at common law for the benefit of creditors shall file with his or her assignee a sworn itemized schedule of all his or her assets, showing the amount and kind of his or her property, where located and the cash value thereof, to the best of his or…

In all proceedings arising under this chapter, whenever the assignor or some one of the assignors is an inhabitant of or located in Providence or Bristol county, the papers shall be filed in the clerk’s office of the superior court in Providence; and whenever the assignor or one …

Every assignee under this chapter shall immediately cause the deed of assignment to be recorded in the registry of deeds in each town or city in which there may be real estate of the assignor on which it may operate, and in any event in the registry of deeds of the town or city w…

Any assignee under this chapter may be removed by the superior court, for cause shown, upon petition of one-fifth (⅕) in amount of the creditors and upon at least five (5) days’ notice by mail, postpaid, directed to all creditors at their respective addresses and directed to the …

Every assignment at common law for the benefit of creditors shall be effectual to dissolve any attachment, levy, or lien placed upon the property of the assignor not more than four (4) months prior to the making of the assignment, and the costs in full of the attachment, levy, or…

No assignee under this chapter shall sell any property of his or her assignor, except perishable goods, or in continuation of the business of the assignor in its ordinary course and without power to purchase new stock or to incur other than necessary expense for keeping the busin…

The assignee shall demand, sue for, and receive from all persons all the estate in their possession conveyed by the deed of assignment; and the assignee may intervene in any action, suit, or proceeding relating to the property conveyed by the assignment and take upon himself or h…

No suit or proceeding pending at the time of the death, resignation, or removal of any assignee under this chapter, and to which he or she is a party, shall be abated by his or her death, resignation, or removal, but the suit or proceeding may be proceeded with or defended by his…