{"data":{"id":"us-mt/3-1-111","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"3-1-111","heading":"Powers respecting conduct of business.","body":"Every court has power to:\n(1) preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence;\n(2) enforce order in the proceedings before it or before a person or persons empowered to conduct a judicial investigation under its authority;\n(3) provide for the orderly conduct of proceedings before it or its officers;\n(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;\n(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;\n(6) compel the attendance of persons to testify in an action or proceeding pending therein in the cases and manner provided in this code;\n(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;\n(8) amend and control its process and orders so as to make them conformable to law and justice.","path":["TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS","CHAPTER 1. COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS GENERALLY","Part 1. Courts -- Definitions and General Powers"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0030/chapter_0010/part_0010/section_0110/0030-0010-0010-0110.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:43:26Z","sha256":"97b91383f405a95ba19e9d5967b802f6b9f0d6ea84761009f8ee460106b626b7","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/3-1-103","next":"us-mt/3-1-112"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}