§ 10-16-10 - Amendment of statements – Informality of proceedings – Evidence. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 10-16-10

   § 10-16-10  Amendment of statements –Informality of proceedings – Evidence. – The court may at any time after such notice and upon such terms as it shalldetermine allow any claim or answer to be amended. No formal pleadings otherthan the statement of their respective claims in writing shall be necessary todefine the issue between the parties, and the hearing of all such causes shallbe informal with the sole object of dispensing speedy and final justice betweenthe parties. The witnesses in the hearings shall be sworn and depositions maybe used at the hearing, provided the depositions have been taken according tolaw.