PART 1. OF COURTS OF JUSTICE 35-286›TITLE 2. JUDICIAL OFFICERS 165-187›CHAPTER 5. Miscellaneous Provisions Respecting Courts of Justice 182-187
§ 187
California Code of Civil Procedure · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
When jurisdiction is, by the Constitution or this Code, or by any other statute, conferred on a Court or judicial officer, all the means necessary to carry it into effect are also given; and in the exercise of this jurisdiction, if the course of proceeding be not specifically pointed out by this Code or the statute, any suitable process or mode of proceeding may be adopted which may appear most conformable to the spirit of this Code.
(Repealed and added by Code Amendments 1880, Ch. 35.)
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