If any child or grandchild of an intestate shall have received from him or her any real or personal estate for his or her advancement, the probate court shall ascertain the amount thereof before appointing commissioners to divide the real estate, and shall, in its decree of division, direct the commissioners to deduct the amount thereof from the share of the child or grandchild. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 954; G.L. 1909, ch. 316, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 367, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 567, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 33-3-4.
Rhode Island Legal Code