Statutes § 52-72 (a) (“[a]ny court shall allow a proper amendment to civil process which has been made returnable to the wrong return day or is for any other reason defective, upon payment of costs taxable upon sustaining a plea in abatement”); Coppola v. Coppola, 243 Conn. 657, 663, 707 A.2d 281 (1998) (“the pmpose of § 52-72 is to provide for amendment of otherwise incurable defects that go to the court’s jurisdiction” [internal quotation marks omitted]). In the present case, the scrivener’s error appeared on the writ of summons. Pursuant to § 52-72, the court properly allowed the plaintiff to amend its process to reflect a correct return date. See Coppola v. Coppola, supra, 243 Conn. 664-66; Concept Associates, Ltd. v. Board of Tax Review, 229 Conn. 618, 625-26, 642 A.2d 1186 (1994) (<HOLDING>). The defect in process was curable, and
holding the correct date to use when determining the controlling statute is date upon which the claim arose holding that the date of the federal indictment not the date of the state arrest was the triggering date for the speedytrial act holding correct date to use when determining controlling statute is date upon which claim arose holding that where the date of the offense is not an element of the charge  a variance between the indictment date and the proof at trial is not fatal so long as the acts charged were committed within the statute of limitations period and prior to the return date of the indictment holding that plaintiff could amend its process to correct return date even though return date already passed