§ 34-19-5. Return of verdict.
If, upon a full hearing of the cause, the jury shall find the complaint laid before them supported by the evidence, they shall sign and return to the court their verdict, in form following, to wit:
At a court of inquiry held before one of the justices of the superior court within and for the county of at upon the day of in the year , the jury, upon their oaths, do find that the lands or tenements in aforesaid, bounded (or, described) as follows (as in the complaint), upon the day of in the year were in the lawful and rightful possession of and that did, upon the same day, unlawfully, with force and arms and with a strong hand, enter forcibly into the same, and (or, being lawfully upon the same) did unlawfully, with force and a strong hand, hold and keep out and that he or she still continues wrongfully to detain the possession from him or her, : whereupon the jury find, upon their oaths aforesaid, that ought to have restitution thereof without delay.
History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1533, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 340, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 391, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 591, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 34-19-5.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 34-19 - Forcible Entry and Detainer
Section 34-19-1. - Warrant for summons of jury.
Section 34-19-2. - Issuance of summons to defendant.
Section 34-19-3. - Service on defendant — Proceeding on nonappearance.
Section 34-19-4. - Impaneling and oath of jurors.
Section 34-19-5. - Return of verdict.
Section 34-19-6. - Judgment and writ of restitution.
Section 34-19-7. - Recovery of costs by defendant.
Section 34-19-8. - Appeal not allowed — New trial — Judgment not bar to further action.
Section 34-19-9. - Certiorari to supreme court.