R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-14-5: Issuance of writ of estrepement.

The superior court for any county, on the application of the plaintiff, in an action for ejectment, partition, or waste, may issue a writ of estrepement, under the provisions following, directed to the division of sheriffs, requiring the deputy sheriff to stay all the waste on the estate that shall be described in the writ of estrepement.