For this to be applicable and thus to avoid a means of appeal (such as, for example, an appeal), it is therefore necessary that the error be evident, material, and not juridical—an error, that is, which leaves the structure and balance of the judgment unaltered.
This error—according to can. 1878 § 1—may concern either the statement of the final or disposititive part of the judgment, or the reference made by the judgment itself to the facts or the requests of the parties, or the formation of calculations.
The request for correction is not subject to any time limits and must be presented to the same judge who issued the judgment. However, nothing prevents it from being presented to the appellate judge while an appeal is pending.
As for the procedure to be followed, it should be noted that the request for correction must be made by means of a regular judicial petition, which must be served on the opposing party. If the latter does not oppose it, the judge will act by decree; if, on the other hand, it is opposed, then a true incidental question will arise, which will be treated and decided in the manner established for incidental causes.
It is not to be excluded that the judge may, even ex officio and by decree, order the correction.
The decree of correction is appended to the original of the judgment, and mention of it is made at the foot of the judgment.