No writ, declaration, return, process, judgment or other proceeding in the courts or course of justice shall be abated, quashed or reversed for any error or mistake, where the person or case may be rightly understood by the court, nor through defect or want of form or addition only; and courts and justices may, on motion, order amendment in any such case.
Source. RS 186:10. CS 198:10. GS 207:8. GL 226:8. PS 222:7. PL 334:8. RL 390:8.