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General powers of Supreme Court - 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 502

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     § 502.  General powers of Supreme Court.
        The Supreme Court shall have and exercise the powers vested
     in it by the Constitution of Pennsylvania, including the power
     generally to minister justice to all persons and to exercise the
     powers of the court, as fully and amply, to all intents and
     purposes, as the justices of the Court of King's Bench, Common
     Pleas and Exchequer, at Westminster, or any of them, could or
     might do on May 22, 1722. The Supreme Court shall also have and
     exercise the following powers:
            (1)  All powers necessary or appropriate in aid of its
        original and appellate jurisdiction which are agreeable to
        the usages and principles of law.
            (2)  The powers vested in it by statute, including the
        provisions of this title.

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