R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-30-6: Annulment of lease by maintenance of nuisance.

If any person, being a tenant or occupant under any lawful title of any building or tenement not owned by him or her, shall use the premises or any part for any of the purposes enumerated in §§ 11-30-1 and 11-30-2, that use shall annul the lease or other title under which the occupant holds, and, without any act of the owner, shall cause the right of possession to revert and vest in him or her, and the owner may make immediate entry on it and repossess himself or herself of the premises without process of law.