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2016 Mississippi Code
Title 73 - Professions and Vocations
Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law
Article 1 - Admission and Conduct of Attorneys
§ 73-3-59. Unlawful to encourage litigation; penalty

MS Code § 73-3-59 (2016) What's This?

Any attorney at law who shall violate the provisions of the preceding section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be removed and disbarred from acting as an attorney at law, and any person who shall, before or after suit brought, receive or agree to receive from any attorney at law, compensation for services in seeking out or placing in the hands of an attorney a demand of any kind for suit or a compromise, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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