If the debtor’s oath be administered, the execution which may be issued against the defendant in the action shall run against the goods and chattels or real estate of the defendant and not against his or her body. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 260, § 16; G.L. 1909, ch. 326, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 377, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 563, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 10-13-18.
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