Code of Alabama - Title 12: Courts - Section 12-1-7 - Powers of courts as to preservation of order, enforcement of judgments, etc., generally

Section 12-1-7 - Powers of courts as to preservation of order, enforcement of judgments, etc., generally.

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.

(Code 1852, §562; Code 1867, §638; Code 1876, §543; Code 1886, §649; Code 1896, §2639; Code 1907, §4631; Code 1923,§8576; Code 1940, T. 13, §4.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021