§ 28-9-1 Enforceability of agreement to arbitrate any controversy
§ 28-9-2 Enforceability of agreement to arbitrate existing or prior controversy
§ 28-9-3 Enforceability of agreement to arbitrate new contract
§ 28-9-4 Stay of judicial proceedings on arbitrable issue
§ 28-9-5 Superior court order of arbitration
§ 28-9-6 Trial of issue as to existence of agreement to arbitrate or failure to comply
§ 28-9-7 Selection of arbitrators
§ 28-9-8 Hearings by arbitrators
§ 28-9-9 Court order directing arbitrators to proceed promptly
§ 28-9-10 Oath of arbitrators
§ 28-9-11 Summons of witnesses – Attendance by arbitrators – Majority required for award
§ 28-9-12 Arbitrators’ fees
§ 28-9-13 Validity of arbitration without judicial order – Grounds for attack
§ 28-9-14 Arbitration as special proceeding – Jurisdiction of superior court
§ 28-9-15 Application treated as motion
§ 28-9-16 Prerequisites to enforceability of award
§ 28-9-17 Order confirming award
§ 28-9-18 Grounds for vacating award
§ 28-9-19 Rehearing after vacation of award
§ 28-9-20 Modification or correction of award
§ 28-9-21 Time for motion to vacate, correct, or modify award – Stay of enforcement
§ 28-9-22 Judgment on confirmation, modification, or correction of award – Costs
§ 28-9-23 Papers filed after judgment – Docketing
§ 28-9-24 Force and effect of judgment
§ 28-9-25 Appeals
§ 28-9-26 Death or disability of party to proceedings
§ 28-9-27 Use of past practices in arbitration hearings
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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 28-9 - Arbitration of Labor Controversies

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the department of labor and training. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-29-2
  • Director: means the director of labor and training or his or her designee unless specifically stated otherwise. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-29-2
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • oath: includes affirmation; the word "sworn" includes affirmed; and the word "engaged" includes either sworn or affirmed. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-11
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.