Powers Generally.

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5-13-116. Powers generally.

(a) In exercising the jurisdiction granted under W.S. 5-13-115, the chancery court may:

(i) Preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence and in the proceedings before it according to the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure for Chancery Courts;

(ii) Compel obedience to its judgments, orders and processes;

(iii) Except as otherwise provided, control the conduct of its ministerial officers and of all other persons in any manner connected with judicial proceedings before it;

(iv) Issue summonses, subpoenas or other process in chancery court cases;

(v) Administer oaths and affirmations and take acknowledgments, affidavits and depositions;

(vi) Amend and control its process and orders to make them conformable to law and justice;

(vii) Proceed to nonjury trial, render judgment and grant writs of execution to carry into effect any order or judgment of the court; and

(viii) Punish for contempt in the same manner as district court.


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