Montana § 3-1-111 - Powers Respecting Conduct Of Business

§ 3-1-111. Powers Respecting Conduct Of Business

Powers respecting conduct of business. Every court has power to: (1) preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence; (2) enforce order in the proceedings before it or before a person or persons empowered to conduct a judicial investigation under its authority; (3) provide for the orderly conduct of proceedings before it or its officers; (4) 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) 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 other matter appertaining thereto; (6) compel the attendance of persons to testify in an action or proceeding pending therein in the cases and manner provided in this code; (7) 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) amend and control its process and orders so as to make them conformable to law and justice.