Ala. Code § 12-1-7
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Section 12-1-7 Powers of Courts as to Preservation of Order, Enforcement of Judgments, Etc., Generally
Official statutory text
Every court shall have power:
(1) To preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence and as near thereto as is necessary to prevent interruption, disturbance or hindrance to its proceedings;
(2) To enforce order before a person or body empowered to conduct a judicial investigation under its authority;
(3) To compel obedience to its judgments, orders and process and to orders of a judge out of court, in an action or proceeding therein;
(4) To control, in furtherance of justice, the conduct of its officers and all other persons connected with a judicial proceeding before it in every matter appertaining thereto;
(5) To administer oaths in an action or proceeding pending therein and in all other cases where it may be necessary in the exercise of its powers and duties; and
(6) To amend and control its process and orders so as to make them conformable to law and justice.
(1) To preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence and as near thereto as is necessary to prevent interruption, disturbance or hindrance to its proceedings;
(2) To enforce order before a person or body empowered to conduct a judicial investigation under its authority;
(3) To compel obedience to its judgments, orders and process and to orders of a judge out of court, in an action or proceeding therein;
(4) To control, in furtherance of justice, the conduct of its officers and all other persons connected with a judicial proceeding before it in every matter appertaining thereto;
(5) To administer oaths in an action or proceeding pending therein and in all other cases where it may be necessary in the exercise of its powers and duties; and
(6) To amend and control its process and orders so as to make them conformable to law and justice.
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