Any court may permit the parties in any civil action pending therein to enter into a rule of court to refer the action to the decision of one or more referees, to be agreed on by the parties, and also to refer in the same rule any other actions, causes of action, or suits that may exist between them, either jointly or severally, generally or specially.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-15-1
Reference by agreement of parties
C.P.A. 1905, § 406; G.L. 1909, ch. 293, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 343, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 532, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-15-1; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 29.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.