Rhode Island General Laws

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-5-1 (2026)

“Trustee” defined

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The word “trustee,” wherever occurring in this chapter, shall be deemed to include the words “attorney”, “agent”, “factor”, or “debtor.”

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1972–1999 · leading case: Howe v. Richardson, 193 F.3d 60 (1st Cir. 1999).

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Howe v. Richardson, 193 F.3d 60 (1st Cir. 1999). “, R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-5-1 et seq. Postjudgment remedies were expanded initially by the equity courts, which allowed a “creditor’s bill,” one of whose functions was to reach equitable interests of the debtor that fell outside the common law writs.”

McClellan v. Com. Credit Corp., 350 F. Supp. 1013 (D.R.I. 1972). · cites it 2× “G.L. § 10-5-1, et seq., is unconstitutional and enjoins the attachments at issue of the two named plaintiffs.”

Marran v. Gorman, 359 A.2d 694 (R.I. 1976). “Supp. 1013 (D. R. I. 1972). In McClellan a three-judge panel declared that the Rhode Island prejudgment attachment procedure statute, G.”

Hatch v. O'BRIEN, 772 F. Supp. 1326 (D.R.I. 1991). · cites it 2× “Attachments under Rhode Island law are governed by Rule 4(j) of the Rhode Island Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure and by the Rhode Island Attachment Act, R.I.Gen.Laws §§ 10-5-1 to -45, particularly § 10-5-2.”

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