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Voluntary arbitration of pending judicial matters - 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 7362

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     § 7362.  Voluntary arbitration of pending judicial matters.
        (a)  General rule.--A civil matter or issue therein may be
     referred by consent of the parties to one or more appointive
     judicial officers or other persons for hearing or hearing and
     disposition.
        (b)  Government units.--Any government unit of this
     Commonwealth, with the consent of the solicitor or other
     official counsel of the unit, may agree to the reference of a
     civil matter pursuant to this section.
        (c)  Procedure.--The appointive judicial officers or other
     persons appointed or designated pursuant to this section shall
     have such powers and shall proceed in such manner as shall be
     prescribed by general rules.
        (d)  Appeal.--Any party to a matter referred under this
     section shall have such rights of appeal, if any, as shall be
     prescribed by general rules. Where no right to appeal is
     prescribed by general rule, all parties shall be deemed to have
     waived any right to appeal which they might otherwise enjoy
     under the Constitution of Pennsylvania or otherwise in mutual
     consideration of an expeditious final disposition of the matter,
     but no such waiver shall apply if it is clearly shown that a
     party was denied a hearing or that fraud, misconduct, corruption
     or other irregularity caused the rendition of an unjust,
     inequitable or unconscionable award.

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