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Powers of Commonwealth Court - 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 562

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     § 562.  Powers of Commonwealth Court.
        The Commonwealth Court shall have power to issue, under its
     judicial seal, every lawful writ and process necessary or
     suitable for the exercise of its jurisdiction and for the
     enforcement of any order which it may make, including such writs
     and process to or to be served or enforced by system and related
     personnel as the courts of common pleas are authorized by law or
     usage to issue. The court shall also have all powers of a court
     of record possessed by the courts of common pleas and all powers
     necessary or appropriate in aid of its appellate jurisdiction
     which are agreeable to the usages and principles of law.

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