NRS1.210. Powers of court respecting conduct of proceedings.

  Every court shall have power:

      1.  To preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence.

      2.  To enforce order in the proceedings before it, or before a person or persons empowered to conduct a judicial investigation under its authority.

      3.  To compel obedience to its lawful judgments, orders and process, and to the lawful orders of its judge out of court in an action or proceeding pending therein.

      4.  To control, in furtherance of justice, the conduct of its ministerial officers.

      [44:19:1865; B § 949; BH § 2463; C § 2544; RL § 4864; NCL § 8406]