2013 Mississippi Code
Title 11 - CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 9 - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE IN COUNTY COURTS AND JUSTICE COURTS
Article 3 - JUSTICE COURTS
§ 11-9-119 - Form of scire facias for witness


MS Code § 11-9-119 (2013) What's This?

The scire facias to be issued by the justice for a defaulting witness may be as follows, viz.:

"The State of Mississippi.

"To any lawful officer of County:

"This is to command you to make known to that a judgment in favor of

for ten dollars has been given against him by me, a justice of the peace

of County, for his default in not appearing before me, at , on the

day of A. D. , to testify as a witness for in the case of

against , No. as he has been subpoenaed to do; and unless, on

the day of , A. D. , before me at , at , o'clock,

, he shall show cause to the contrary, the said judgment will be made

final; and have there then this writ.

"Witness my hand this the day of , A. D. J.P."

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