Whenever provision is made for the hearing of a matter on a day certain, it may be heard then or on some future day to which the court may assign the hearing, or on which all the parties in writing may agree and to which the court may assent.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-11-7
Postponement of hearing
C.P.A. 1905, § 346; G.L. 1909, ch. 290, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 340, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 505, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 8-11-7.
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.