If no legal cause be shown for the imprisonment or restraint, the court shall discharge the party therefrom.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-9-18
Discharge on failure to show cause for restraint
C.P.A. 1905, § 667; G.L. 1909, ch. 305, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 356, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 584, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 10-9-18.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.