2A:24-9.Ā  Modification or correction of award;Ā  order
The court shall modify or correct the award in any of the following cases:

a.Ā  Where there was an evident miscalculation of figures or an evident mistake in the description of a person, thing or property referred to therein;

b.Ā  Where the arbitrators awarded upon a matter not submitted to them unlessĀ  it affects the merit of the decision upon the matter submitted; and

c.Ā  Where the award is imperfect in a matter of form not affecting the merits of the controversy.

The court shall modify and correct the award, to effect the intent thereof and promote justice between the parties.
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L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.