A judge of any court of record, clerk of such court, court reporter of such court, master, member of the board of supervisors, justice court judge, notary public, mayor, or police justice of a city, town or village, clerk of a municipality, and any officer of any other state, or of the United States, authorized […]
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the judge of any circuit, chancery, county, youth or family court or any other court of record shall, in vacation, and in the same manner as at a regular term, have jurisdiction to hear and determine and make and enter judgments, orders and decrees in […]
All chancellors or judges of the chancery and circuit courts of the state of Mississippi shall render their final decree on any and all matters taken under advisement by such chancellors or judges not later than six (6) months after the date when same are taken under advisement or not later than six (6) months […]
If the parties to a cause of action agree, any claim filed alleging damages may receive a bench trial which shall be conducted in two hundred seventy (270) days or less after the cause of action has been filed. The cause of action shall be a priority item in the court.
Where any bond, taken by virtue of any process or order, by miscalculation or mistake, shall be conditioned for the payment of a larger sum of money than by law ought to have been acquired thereby, and a verdict shall have been rendered thereon for the larger sum, or where a verdict shall be rendered […]
Each court, and the judge thereof in vacation, and any of the judges, if more than one compose the court, in all cases not especially provided for by statute, may require any bond, recognizance, obligation, or undertaking of any kind in any legal proceeding, of which the court has cognizance, which is shown to be […]
When a bond, recognizance, obligation, or undertaking of any kind shall be executed in any legal proceeding, or for the performance of any public contract, or for the faithful discharge of any duty, it shall inure to the person to whom it is designed by law as a security, and be subject to judgment in […]
Any bond required to be given in any matter, where it is not prescribed to whom it shall be made payable, may be made payable to the state.
If any surety on a bond, recognizance, or undertaking of any kind given in any legal proceeding, shall be dead at the time for judgment to be rendered or execution to be issued thereon, that shall not prevent judgment from being rendered or execution being issued on such bond, recognizance, or undertaking against parties thereto […]
In all cases where the oath or affirmation of the party is required, such oath or affirmation may be made by his agent or attorney, and shall be as effectual for all purposes as if made by the party.
Where execution may be issued on any bond or undertaking, and some of the parties are dead, it may be issued separately against such as are alive, and citation may be issued to the personal representatives of such as are dead, to show cause against the issuance of execution against them on such bond or […]
Citation to the personal representatives of a deceased party may be issued and executed at any time before the time for judgment or execution on such bond, recognizance, or undertaking, requiring the appearance of the representatives before the court having possession or control of the obligation, to submit to judgment or execution thereon; and if […]
Citations referred to in Section 11-1-33 may be issued in vacation or in term time without any order of court therefor, and may be made returnable on the return day for other process, if issued in vacation, or forthwith, if issued during the term of court, and shall be executed five days before judgment or […]
If a cause be transferred by order of the chancery court to the circuit court, or vice versa, the clerk of the court ordering the transfer shall forthwith deposit all the papers in the cause, together with his certificate of the fact of the transfer, in the court to which it was transferred, taking the […]
When the papers have been deposited in the court to which the cause was transferred, all the parties to the proceeding shall take notice of the fact of the transfer; and the complainant or plaintiff shall file his declaration or bill in the court to which the cause was transferred within thirty days, unless the […]
The complainant or plaintiff in the first court shall pay all the costs in such court; but he may recover the same of the defendant, in the court to which the cause was transferred, at the discretion of the court.
In order to promote the general welfare, to insure, prepare and expedite movement of commerce through the ports of the State of Mississippi, to avoid any unnecessary delay, to indemnify any damages to shippers through said ports, and to prevent any unnecessary delay, it is provided that any person, firm or corporation who shall hereafter […]
When any affidavit is filed, either in circuit courts or chancery courts in the state of Mississippi, attaching, sequestrating, replevying, or seizing any commodities described in Section 11-1-43, the plaintiff therein shall be required to file, within forty-eight hours, after the writ or affidavit has been issued, a declaration stating cause of action if in […]
The possessor of any perishable commodities as described in Section 11-1-43, shall be presumed to be the owner of said commodities and, in the event any writ of replevin, writ of seizure, writ of sequestration or writ of attachment shall be issued against such commodities, the possessor thereof shall have the immediate right to possession […]
If the owner of any such cargo or shipment of such perishable commodities be a nonresident of the State of Mississippi and be made a defendant in any action at law or suit in any chancery court, in any court of this state, service of summons or process of such court may be served on […]
