§ 9-5-15 - Form for writs of replevin.
SECTION 9-5-15
§ 9-5-15 Form for writs of replevin.– Writs of replevin shall be substantially in the following form:
WRIT OF REPLEVIN.
THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCEPLANTATIONS.
SC. To the sheriffs of our several counties and to theirdeputies,
(SEAL) Greeting:
We command you that you replevy, if to be found within yourprecinct, the goods and chattels following, viz.: (Here enumerate andparticularly describe them) belonging to of now taken (detained, or attached as the case may be) by of at in the county of and them deliver unto the said , provided the same are not taken, attached, or detained uponoriginal writ, mesne process, warrant of distress, or upon execution as theproperty of the said ; andsummon the said to appearon the return-day hereof (said return-day being the day of A. D. 19 ) in the SUPERIOR COURTto be holden at the county courthouse at , to answer unto the said in a plea of replevin that the said on the day of at said unlawfully, and without justifiable cause, took the goods andchattels of the said asaforesaid, and them unlawfully detained unto this day, (or, unlawfully detainedthe goods and chattels aforesaid, as the case may be) to the damage of the said , as hesays, dollars.
Hereof fail not, and make true return of this writ with yourdoings thereon, together with the bond you shall take of the plaintiff.
Witness, the seal of our superior court, at this day of in the year , Clerk.