2005 Idaho Code - 1-1603 — POWERS OF COURT

                                   TITLE  1
                          COURTS AND COURT OFFICIALS
                                  CHAPTER 16
                           MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
    1-1603.  POWERS OF COURT. Every court has power:
    1.  To preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence.
    2.  To enforce order in the proceedings before it or before a person or
persons empowered to conduct a judicial investigation under its authority.
    3.  To provide for the orderly conduct of proceedings before it or its
officers.
    4.  To compel obedience to its judgments, orders and process, and to the
orders of a judge out of court in an action or proceeding pending therein.
    5.  To control, in furtherance of justice, the conduct of its ministerial
officers, and of all other persons in any manner connected with a judicial
proceeding before it, in every matter appertaining thereto.
    6.  To compel the attendance of persons to testify in an action or
proceeding pending therein, in the cases and manner provided in this code.
    7.  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.
    8.  To amend and control its process and orders, so as to make them
conformable to law and justice.