When jurisdiction is by law 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 the proceeding be not specifically pointed out by law or by rules of procedure adopted by the Supreme Court, any suitable process or mode of proceedings may be adopted which may appear most conformable to the spirit of this Title. 1985 SOURCE: CCP § 187 unchanged. 1985 COMMENT: See Blas v. Talavera, (1963) 318 F.2d 617 regarding judicial notice.