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2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 10 - Courts and civil procedure–Procedure in particular actions
Chapter 10-9 - Habeas Corpus
Chapter 10-9-18 - Discharge on failure to show cause for restraint.


RI Gen L § 10-9-18 (2012) What's This?

§ 10-9-18 Discharge on failure to show cause for restraint. – If no legal cause be shown for the imprisonment or restraint, the court shall discharge the party therefrom.

History of Section.
(C.P.A. 1905, § 667; G.L. 1909, ch. 305, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 356, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 584, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 10-9-18.)

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