§ 7-12-5. Separate composition as full discharge of partner.
A composition or compromise is a full and effectual discharge to the debtor making the composition or compromise, of the whole of the debt, and is taken and considered in reference to the other copartners as actual payment of the debtor’s proportion of the debt, whether the full amount of his or her proportion of the debt is actually paid or not.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 156, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 185, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 212, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 428, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 7-12-5.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships
Section 7-12-1. - Provisions in partnership agreements deemed nontestamentary.
Section 7-12-2. - Death of partner — Statement delivered to administrator or executor.
Section 7-12-3. - Examination of books and property by representative of deceased partner.
Section 7-12-4. - Separate composition with creditors on dissolution of partnership.
Section 7-12-5. - Separate composition as full discharge of partner.
Section 7-12-6. - Payment by partner in excess of his or her proportion.
Section 7-12-7. - Insolvency or absconding of partner.
Section 7-12-8. - Memorandum exonerating partner on separate composition.
Section 7-12-9. - Partners not discharged by separate composition — Defenses to creditor’s action.
Section 7-12-10. - Application to joint debtors.
Section 7-12-11. - Limited partnership law unaffected.
Section 7-12-12. - Short title. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-13. - Definitions. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-14. - Interpretation of knowledge and notice. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-15. - Rules of construction. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-16. - Rules for cases not provided for. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-17. - Partnership defined. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-19. - Partnership property. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-22. - Partnership bound by admission of partner. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-26. - Nature of partner’s liability. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-27. - Partner by estoppel. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-28. - Liability of incoming partner. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-30. - Partnership books. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-31. - Duty of partners to render information. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-31.1. - Nature of business.
Section 7-12-32. - Partner accountable as a fiduciary. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-33. - Right to an account. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-35. - Extent of property rights of a partner. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-38. - Assignment of partner’s interest. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-40. - Dissolution defined. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-41. - Partnership not terminated by dissolution. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-42. - Causes of dissolution. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-43. - Dissolution by decree of court. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-48. - Right to wind up. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-51. - Rules for distribution. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-54. - Accrual of actions. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-55. - Other laws preserved. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-56. - Registered limited-liability partnerships. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12-60. - Filing of returns with the tax administrator — Annual charge.