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R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-10-1. Lawful fences defined
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The following fences shall be adjudged to be lawful fences: (1) A hedge with a ditch shall be three feet (3′) high upon the bank of the ditch, well staked, at the distance of two feet and a half (2½′), bound together at the top and sufficiently filled to prevent small stock from …
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-10-10. Partition fences between lands under improvement
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Partition fences between lands under improvement shall be made and maintained in equal halves in length and quality, by the proprietors or possessors of those lands respectively.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-10-11. Partition fences between improved and unimproved lands
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In case any proprietor of land shall improve his or her land, the land adjoining being unimproved, and shall make the whole partition fence, the proprietor or possessor of the land adjoining and unimproved shall, upon improvement thereof, pay for one-half (½) of the partition fen…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-10-12. Payment for previously constructed fence
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Whenever the whole or more than one-half (½) of any partition fence shall have been made by the proprietor or possessor of the land on one side of the fence, the proprietor or possessor of the land adjoining, when he or she improves the land, shall pay to the proprietor or posses…