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42 Pa.C.S. § 912: Powers of courts of common pleas.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II ORGANIZATION
- SUBPART A COURTS AND MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT JUDGES
- ARTICLE C COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS
- CHAPTER 9 ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION OF COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS
- SUBCHAPTER B ORGANIZATION OF COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS
Every court of common pleas shall have power to issue, under its judicial seal, every lawful writ and process to or to be served or enforced by system and related personnel as such courts have been heretofore authorized by law or usage to issue. Every judge of a court of common pleas shall have all the powers of a judge or magisterial district judge of the minor judiciary.
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