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R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-28-1. Creditor’s equitable action
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Any judgment creditor, after his or her execution has been returned wholly or in part unsatisfied, may, by a civil action in the nature of a creditor’s bill, reach and apply and subject to the payment and satisfaction of his or her judgment any equitable estate, any equitable ass…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-28-2. Transmission of superior court papers to district court to which writ returnable
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Upon ex parte motion of any party for whom judgment is rendered in the superior court in a case in which the writ was returnable to a district court and whose execution has been returned either wholly or in part unpaid and unsatisfied, the superior court in its discretion may tra…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-28-3. Citation — Payment agreement — Hearing to show cause, payment in full or by installments
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On the filing of an application by a judgment creditor, execution on whose judgment has been returned either wholly or in part unsatisfied and unpaid, the clerk or a justice of the court rendering the judgment, or if the judgment is rendered in the superior court in a case in whi…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-28-4. Appearance of judgment debtor — Hearing on citation
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A judgment debtor upon whom the citation shall be served as provided in § 9-28-3 shall be obliged to appear in court in person in response to the citation as therein commanded, and for failure to so appear, may be proceeded against as provided by chapter 17 of this title in the c…