§ 8-11-5. Business continued by adjournment.
All writs, actions, pleas, processes, precepts, recognizances, and other things whatsoever, returnable or having day in any court, shall stand, abide, and continue unto any adjournment made according to law and be held, deemed, and adjudged to be as effectual and available in law to all intents and purposes as if the court had been held on the day appointed for holding the court and no adjournment of the court had been made.
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 263; G.L. 1909, ch. 285, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 335, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 505, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 8-11-5.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts
Chapter 8-11 - Motion Days and Terms of Court
Section 8-11-1. - Assignment or motion day falling on holiday.
Section 8-11-2. - Number of sessions on motion days.
Section 8-11-3. - Filing and notice of motions in supreme and superior courts.
Section 8-11-4. - Docketing and calling of motions — Calendar.
Section 8-11-5. - Business continued by adjournment.
Section 8-11-6. - Continuance of business when court fails to meet.