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R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-6-1. Judgments, decrees, and orders — Writs and process — Punishment of contempt
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The supreme and superior courts shall have power to enter such judgments, decrees, and orders, and to frame and issue such citations, executions, and other writs and processes, as may be necessary or proper to carry into full effect all the powers and jurisdiction which are or sh…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-6-2. Rules of practice and procedure
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(a) The supreme court, the superior court, the family court, the district court, and the workers’ compensation court, by a majority of their members, shall have the power to make rules for regulating practice, procedure, and business therein. The chief magistrate of the traffic t…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-6-3. Filing and publication of rules
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All rules shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and shall be effective upon filing unless with respect to any rule the court adopting the rule shall specify a later date as the effective date thereof, in which case the rule shall be effective upon the date so spe…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-6-4. Rules of criminal procedure
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The rules of criminal procedure of the superior court and the district court, which are to go into effect on September 1, 1972, shall govern practice and procedure in criminal proceedings in those courts and before justices of the peace and bail commissioners and shall remain and…