Unless displaced by the provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relating to principal and agent, estoppel, laches, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, insolvency, or other validating or invalidating cause, supplement this chapter’s provisions.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-16-10
Supplementary provisions
Known as the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act
The act spans §§ 6–6 (20 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In Re Paul Valente
Most recently applied in Fleet National Bank v. Valente (March 2004)
P.L. 1986, ch. 438, § 2.
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.