Rule 71 – Process in Behalf of and against Persons Not Parties.

May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Rhode Island

When an order is made in favor of a person who is not a party to the action, that person may enforce obedience to the order by the same process as if a party; and, when obedience to an order may be lawfully enforced against a person who is not a party, that person is liable to the same process for enforcing obedience to the order as if a party.

R.I. Super. Ct. R. Civ. P. 71