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Mississippi Code 1972 (2024)
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 11-25-23 - Judgment for plaintiff and writ of possession
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MS Code § 11-25-23 (2024)
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If the finding be for the plaintiff, the justice court judge shall render judgment in favor of the plaintiff that he recover possession of the land, with costs, and shall award a writ of habere facias possessionem; and the justice court judge may issue alias writs and enforce the judgment and punish for contempt of process thereon; but a writ of habere facias possessionem or execution shall not issue within five (5) days from the date of the judgment.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 56, art. 7(15); 1857, ch. 42, art. 16; 1871, § 1591; 1880, § 2654; 1892, § 4471; 1906, § 5050; Hemingway's 1917, § 3322; 1930, § 3467; 1942, § 1044; Laws, 1982, ch. 423, § 23.
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