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2014 Mississippi Code
Title 99 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 7 - INDICTMENT
§ 99-7-3 - Formal or technical words not necessary
MS Code § 99-7-3 (2014) What's This?
The words "force and arms" or the words "contrary to the form of the statute," or any other merely formal or technical words, shall not be necessary in an indictment if, without them, the offense be certainly and substantially described.
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