2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 34 - Property
Chapter 34-19 - Forcible Entry and Detainer
Chapter 34-19-5 - Return of verdict.
§ 34-19-5 Return of verdict. – If, upon a full hearing of the cause, the jury shall find the complaint laid before them supported by the evidence, they shall sign and return to the court their verdict, in form following, to wit:
At a court of inquiry held before one of the justices of the superior court within and for the county of
at upon the ; & nbsp;day of
in the year &nbs p; , the jury, upon
their oaths, do find that the lands or tenements in
aforesaid, bounded (or, described) as follows (as in the complaint),
upon the day of &n bsp; in the year
were in the lawful and rightful possession of
and that &nbs p; did, upon
the same day, unlawfully, with force and arms and with a strong hand, enter forcibly into the same, and (or, being lawfully upon the same) did unlawfully, with force and a strong hand, hold and keep
out and that he or she still continues
wrongfully to detain the possession from him or her, :
whereupon the jury find, upon their oaths aforesaid, that
ought to have restitution thereof without
delay.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1908, ch. 1533, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 340, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 391, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 591, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 34-19-5.)
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