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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023)
Title 11 - CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE (§§ 11-1-1 — 11-77-7)
Chapter 25 - UNLAWFUL ENTRY AND DETAINER (§§ 11-25-1 — 11-25-119)
Article 1 - PROCEEDINGS BEFORE JUSTICE COURT (§§ 11-25-1 — 11-25-31)
Section 11-25-17 - The court

Universal Citation:
MS Code § 11-25-17 (2023)
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It shall be the duty of the justice court judge to whom the case is assigned, on the days specified, to hold a court for the trial of the complaint. The court shall be considered a court of record. It shall have power to issue alias writs for the defendant, and all proper process to bring before it witnesses or other persons whose attendance may be lawfully required; and may adjourn from day to day and from time to time until the trial shall be ended. The sheriff or constable, as the case may require, shall be attendant upon the court and execute its orders.

Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 56, art. 7(10); 1857, ch. 42, art. 10; 1871, § 1588; 1880, § 2651; 1892, § 4468; 1906, § 5047; Hemingway's 1917, § 3319; 1930, § 3464; 1942, § 1041; Laws, 1981, ch. 471, § 33; Laws, 1982, ch. 423, § 20; Laws, 1986, ch. 459, § 23, eff. 7/1/1986.

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