Rhode Island General Laws
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-30-5 (2026)
General powers not limited by enumerations of special powers
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The enumerations in §§ 9-30-2, 9-30-3, and 9-30-4 do not limit or restrict the exercise of the general powers conferred in § 9-30-1, in any proceeding where declaratory relief is sought, in which a judgment or decree will terminate the controversy or remove an uncertainty.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1975–1999 · leading case: Capital Props., Inc. v. State, 749 A.2d 1069 (R.I. 1999).
Capital Props., Inc. v. State, 749 A.2d 1069 (R.I. 1999). “” The Legislature recognized that the “enumerations” contained in the above sections “do not limit or restrict the exercise of the general powers conferred in R.”
Fireman's Fund Ins. v. E.W. Burman, Inc., 391 A.2d 99 (R.I. 1978). “Section 9-30-5 of the Act gives the courts broad power to issue declaratory judgments “where declaratory relief is sought, in which a judgment or decree will terminate the controversy or remove an uncertainty.”
Pennsylvania Gen. Ins. Co. v. Becton, 475 A.2d 1032 (R.I. 1984). ““The enumeration in §§ 9-30-2, 9-30-3 and 9-30-4 does not limit or restrict the exercise of the general powers * * * in any proceeding where declaratory relief is sought, in which a judgment or decree will terminate the controversy or remove an uncertainty.”
Theroux v. Bay Assocs., Inc., 339 A.2d 266 (R.I. 1975). “Section 9-30-5 of the Act gives the courts broad power to issue declaratory judgments “* * * where declaratory relief is sought, in which a judgment or decree will terminate the controversy or remove an uncertainty.”
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