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2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 9 - COURTS and CIVIL PROCEDURE–PROCEDURE GENERALLY
CHAPTER 9-17 - Witnesses
§ 9-17-7 - Attachment to compel attendance.
SECTION 9-17-7
§ 9-17-7 Attachment to compel attendance. – The court before which any witness is duly summoned to appear may compel his or her attendance by writ of attachment, fine him or her not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00), and order him or her to pay the costs of the attachment and to be committed to the adult correctional institutions until the fine and costs are paid.
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