2019 Mississippi Code
Title 9 - Courts
Chapter 1 - Provisions Common to Courts
General Provisions
§ 9-1-9. Adjourning if the judge be absent

Universal Citation: MS Code § 9-1-9 (2019)

If the circuit judge or chancellor fail to attend at any term of the court, it shall stand adjourned from day to day until the third day, when, if the judge or chancellor shall not appear and open court, it shall stand adjourned without day; but, by virtue of a written order by the judge or chancellor, it may be adjourned by the clerk or sheriff to any day of the term, as the order may direct, and parties, witnesses and jurors must attend accordingly.

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