§ 33-6-1. Gifts to attesting witnesses.
If any person shall attest the execution of any will or codicil to whom any beneficial devise, legacy, estate, interest, gift, or appointment, or affecting any real or personal estate, other than and except charges and direction for the payment of any debt or debts, shall be thereby given or made, the devise, legacy, estate, interest, gift or appointment shall, so far only as concerns that person attesting the execution of the will, or codicil, or any person claiming under that person, be utterly null and void; but the person so attesting shall be admitted as a witness to prove the execution of the will, or codicil, or to prove the validity or invalidity thereof, notwithstanding the devise, legacy, estate, interest, gift, or appointment, mentioned in the will, or codicil.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 32; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 32; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 32; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 31; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure
Chapter 33-6 - Proof and Construction of Wills
Section 33-6-1. - Gifts to attesting witnesses.
Section 33-6-2. - Creditor attesting.
Section 33-6-3. - Death of attesting beneficiary in lifetime of testator.
Section 33-6-4. - Executor or trustee as witness.
Section 33-6-5. - Construction as to real estate within state.
Section 33-6-6. - Time from which will speaks.
Section 33-6-7. - Devise without words of limitation.
Section 33-6-8. - Devise to executor or trustee.
Section 33-6-9. - Gift for life with remainder to issue.
Section 33-6-10. - Limitation on fee tail.
Section 33-6-11. - Death of devisee in tail in lifetime of testator.
Section 33-6-12. - Commencement of income estate.
Section 33-6-13. - Apportionment on termination of income estate.
Section 33-6-14. - Suit for recovery of income from executor.
Section 33-6-15. - Interest on general pecuniary legacies.
Section 33-6-16. - Life estate or term for years in property consumed by use.
Section 33-6-17. - General devises and bequests.
Section 33-6-18. - Devise of lands of which testator is not seised.
Section 33-6-19. - Substitution of issue for beneficiary predeceasing testator.
Section 33-6-20. - Devisee or legatee predeceased without issue.
Section 33-6-21, 33-6-22. - Repealed.
Section 33-6-23. - Pretermitted issue.
Section 33-6-24. - Apportionment of share taken by pretermitted child.
Section 33-6-26. - Intent of testator as to apportionment of debts.
Section 33-6-27. - Contribution by pretermitted issue to payment of debts.
Section 33-6-28. - Death or insolvency of beneficiary liable to contribution for debts.
Section 33-6-30. - Partial intestacy.
Section 33-6-31. - Passage of title by will — Recording.