{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-8-3-2","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-3-2","heading":"Precedence of associate justices.","body":"The associate justices shall have precedence in their respective courts according to the dates of their commissions, or when the commission of two or more of them bear the same date, according to their ages.","path":["Title 8 Courts and Civil Procedure — Courts","Chapter 3 Justices of Supreme, Superior, and Family Courts"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE8/8-3/8-3-2.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:54:52Z","sha256":"d5c8ba4ce7d5013f8238b1038090716642891f7a8123340d596c50cd200b2535","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-8-3-1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-8-3-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}