R.I. Gen. Laws § 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.