§ 117 -   Special hearing during recess or after adjournment

§ 117. Special hearing during recess or after adjournment

On application of either party and on reasonable notice to the attorney of the opposite party, if any, a superior judge may at any place, provided the superior court has been in recess for at least seven consecutive days or has taken final adjournment:

(1) Hear and determine an interlocutory motion in a cause pending in a superior court and expedite the trial of such cause, and may make any order therein which the superior court could make if in session;

(2) Enter judgment upon default;

(3) By agreement of the parties direct any lawful entry and render any lawful judgment, or try and determine issues of fact submitted to the court and render any judgment therein which the superior court could render if in session. Appeal may be taken from such orders and judgments under the same conditions and in the same manner as if they had been made at the stated session of the superior court. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. March 29, 1972; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)