{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-28-9-20","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-9-20","heading":"Modification or correction of award.","body":"In any of the following cases, the court must make an order modifying or correcting the award upon the application of any party to the arbitrated controversy:\n(1) Where there was an evident miscalculation of figures or an evident mistake in the description of any persons, thing, or property referred to in the award;\n(2) Where the arbitrator or arbitrators have awarded upon a matter not submitted to them not affecting the merits of the decision upon the matters submitted; or\n(3) Where the award is imperfect in a matter of form not affecting the merits of the controversy, and, if it had been a master’s report, the defect could have been amended or disregarded by the court.","path":["Title 28 Labor and Labor Relations","Chapter 9 Arbitration of Labor Controversies"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE28/28-9/28-9-20.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:57:50Z","sha256":"7917391edcfae499a4fc36033e75b47c924ed6b9d3e3f4384f75da18b5f1d942","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-28-9-19","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-28-9-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}