{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-5-18","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-5-18","heading":"Adaptation of forms to more than one defendant.","body":"Whenever process shall issue against more than one defendant, the forms provided by law may be altered so as to combine the summons, the writ of arrest, and the writ of attachment, in order that they may be served on one or more of the defendants by one form of service and on the other or others by another form of service.","path":["Title 9 Courts and Civil Procedure — Procedure Generally","Chapter 5 Writs, Summons and Process"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE9/9-5/9-5-18.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:54:58Z","sha256":"cfe0b04d8fa3a6666c844bb4ffd1ee401583f5a37809dd4c86ca3dc131fa9f40","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-5-16-9-5-17","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-5-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}