R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-10-19 — RI Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9-10 / Section 9-10-19
§ 9-10-19. Keeping and disposition of peremptory challenges.
Status: in_force

Written objections or challenges, filed under the provisions of § 9-10-18, shall be kept in such place and shall be disposed of in such manner, as the court shall direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-14-1 — RI Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9-14 / Section 9-14-1
§ 9-14-1. Statutory proceedings following course of equity.
Status: in_force

Subject to applicable procedural rules, all petitions for the enforcement of mechanics liens, petitions for divorce, and statutory proceedings so prescribed by statute, shall follow the course of equity so far as it is applicable.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-15-19 — RI Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9-15 / Section 9-15-19
§ 9-15-19. Appointment of masters in chancery  Rules and orders.
Status: in_force

The superior court, by a majority of the justices thereof, shall appoint in each county one or more standing masters in chancery to hold office during the pleasure of the court; and may make all such rules and orders, not contrary to law, with regard to proceedings before masters in chancery, their reports, and exceptions to and hearings on them, as to it shall seem expedient.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-32-4 — RI Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9-32 / Section 9-32-4
§ 9-32-4. Stay.
Status: in_force

(a) If the judgment debtor shows the court that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or the stay of execution expires or is vacated, upon proof that the judgment debtor has furnished the security for the satisfaction of the judgment required by the state in which it was rendered.

(b) If the judgment debtor shows the court any ground upon which enforcement of a judgment of a court of this state would be stayed, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment for an appropriate period, upon requiring the same security for satisfaction of the judgment which is required in this state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-30-2 — RI Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9-30 / Section 9-30-2
§ 9-30-2. Power to construe.
Status: in_force

Any person interested under a deed, will, written contract, or other writings constituting a contract, or whose rights, status, or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract, or franchise, may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument, statute, ordinance, contract, or franchise and obtain a declaration of rights, status, or other legal relations thereunder.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-19-20 — RI Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9-19 / Section 9-19-20
§ 9-19-20. Other documents under Missing Persons Act.
Status: in_force

An official written report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, that a person is missing, missing in action, interned in a foreign country, or beleaguered, besieged, or captured by a hostile force, or is dead, or is alive, made by any officer or employee of the United States authorized by the act referred to in § 9-19-19 or by any other law of the United States to make the report or record shall be received in any court, office, or other place in this state as prima facie evidence that the person is missing, missing in action, interned in a foreign country, or beleaguered, besieged, or captured by a hostile force, or is dead, or is alive, as the case may be.