Indiana § 33-29-5-3 - General powers
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§ 33-29-5-3. General powers
Sec. 3. (a) The superior court, at general or special term, may do the following:
(1) Issue and direct all process to courts of inferior jurisdiction, and to corporations and individuals, which shall be necessary in exercising its jurisdiction, and for the regular execution of the law.
(2) Make all proper judgments, sentences, decrees, orders, and injunctions.
(3) Issue all process and executions.
(4) Do other acts necessary to carry into effect subdivisions (1) through (3) in conformity with the Constitution of the State of Indiana and laws of Indiana.
(b) The court shall, at times as the business of the court may require, meet in general term, and may, at any time, make a distribution and redistribution of the business of the court to special term, as it considers proper.
(c) Each judge holding court at special term shall transact the business assigned to the judge. However, the judge may call one (1) or more of the other judges of the court to sit with the judge in special term to consider any matter pending before the judge.
(d) The court, at special term, may hear and dispose of business distributed to it by the general term. The court may, at special or general term:
(1) vacate or modify its own judgments or orders, rendered at either special or general term; and
(2) enter judgments by confession, as is vested by law in circuit courts.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-5-3.5-3.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.8.
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