{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-18-9","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-18-9","heading":"Court grant of commission to take deposition.","body":"Any court may, on the motion of either party in any action, suit, or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending therein, in which a deposition may be used, or before any commissioners, referees, or auditors appointed by any such court or under a rule from it, grant a commission to take depositions according to law, whenever it may be necessary to prevent a failure or delay of justice, on such terms as such court, by general or special order, may direct; and the deposition, so taken, may be used in any state of the cause, on appeal or otherwise.","path":["Title 9 Courts and Civil Procedure — Procedure Generally","Chapter 18 Depositions"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE9/9-18/9-18-9.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:00Z","sha256":"6e66e0ecdb545ac86d72fddaeadb19b154ca0001902ed3d50ce904e950c062c6","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-18-8","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-18-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}