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R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-32.1-7: Asserting and defending a foreign money claim.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 9 Courts and Civil Procedure — Procedure Generally
- Chapter 32.1 Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act
(a) A person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign money claim is not asserted, the claimant makes the claim in United States dollars.
(b) An opposing party may allege and prove that a claim, in whole or in part, is in different money than that asserted by the claimant.
(c) A person may assert a defense, set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard to the money of other claims.
(d) The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law.
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