2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 9 - COURTS and CIVIL PROCEDURE–PROCEDURE GENERALLY
Chapter 9-17 - Witnesses
Section 9-17-1 - Form of subpoena.
§ 9-17-1 Form of subpoena. – The form of subpoena to a witness shall be substantially as follows:
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To &n bsp; of &n bsp; &nbs p; Greeting:
You are hereby required, in the name of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, to make your appearance before holden at on the day of to give evidence of what you know relative to an action or plea of then and there are to be heard and tried between plaintiff and defendant.
Hereof fail not, as you will answer your default under the penalty of the law in that behalf made and provided.
Dated at the day of in the year
History of Section.
(C.P.A. 1905, § 357; G.L. 1909, ch. 292, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 342, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 537, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-17-1.)
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