{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-12-1-7","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 12-1-7","heading":"Powers of Courts as to Preservation of Order, Enforcement of Judgments, Etc., Generally.","body":"Every court shall have power:\n(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;\n(2) To enforce order before a person or body empowered to conduct a judicial investigation under its authority;\n(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;\n(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;\n(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\n(6) To amend and control its process and orders so as to make them conformable to law and justice.","path":["Title 12 Courts.","Chapter 1 General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=12-1-7","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"4faa8c060a93e3eb2e2fbf3c1f2b6028b9102f0031838d6c27cdeda38e9e942d","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-12-1-6.1","next":"us-al/ala.-code-12-1-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}