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2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 93 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 9 - Bastardy.
93-9-75 - Death of child; effect on paternity proceeding.
§ 93-9-75. Death of child; effect on paternity proceeding.
The death of the bastard, if the mother be living and unmarried, shall not be cause of abatement or bar to any prosecution for bastardy; but the court trying the same shall, on conviction, give judgment for such sum as shall be deemed just.
Sources: Codes, 1892, § 254; 1906, § 273; Hemingway's 1917, § 222; 1930, § 184; 1942, § 388.
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