§658-2 Agreement to submit existing controversy. Save in the case of an infant, or a person incompetent to manage the person's affairs, two or more persons may agree in writing to submit to the arbitration of one or more arbitrators any controversy existing between them at the time of the agreement to submit which arises out of a contract, or the refusal to perform the whole or any part thereof, or the violation of any other obligation. They may also so agree that a judgment of a circuit court shall be rendered upon the award made pursuant to the submission. They may also specify the judicial circuit in which the judgment shall be entered. If the writing does not specify the judicial circuit, the judgment may be entered in any judicial circuit. [CC 1859, §926; RL 1925, §2925; am L 1925, c 276, pt of §1; RL 1935, §4171; RL 1945, §8702; RL 1955, §188-2; HRS §658-2; gen ch 1985]