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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
In order to utilize the services of a judge temporarily assigned to chancery or circuit court in a county, the chancery or circuit court judge is authorized to extend a term of his court in one (1) county in a district, even if it overlaps into a term of that court in another county in the same district, so long as the term of court in the county into which the extension runs shall not be pretermitted. The Nineteenth Chancery Court District and the Eighteenth Circuit Court District are hereby excepted from the provisions of this section.
The word “county” wherever used herein shall be construed to mean “judicial district” in counties having two (2) judicial districts.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Mississippi Code Title 9. Courts § 9-1-5 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-9-courts/ms-code-sect-9-1-5/
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