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2014 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 15 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 15-4 - Married Women's Rights
- Section 15-4-1 - Ownership of separate property.
- Section 15-4-2 - Receipt of property and release of debts by married woman.
- Section 15-4-3 - Power to contract.
- Section 15-4-4 - Conveyance of property to or from husband or other persons.
- Section 15-4-5 - Acknowledgment of deeds and letters of attorney.
- Section 15-4-6 - Release of interest.
- Section 15-4-7 - Testamentary power.
- Section 15-4-8 - Rights of spouses in real estate.
- Section 15-4-9 - Trade or business Partnership with husband.
- Section 15-4-10 - Power to act as fiduciary.
- Section 15-4-11 - Agent for husband Husband as agent.
- Section 15-4-12 - Liability for contracts or torts of husband or wife.
- Section 15-4-13 - Liability of property to attachment and levy Liens.
- Section 15-4-14 - Proceeding by or against married woman.
- Section 15-4-15 - Effect of coverture on adverse possession cases.
- Section 15-4-16 - Property of absent or imprisoned husband.
- Section 15-4-17 - Abolition of interspousal immunity.
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