GroundRules
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-9-121: Miss. Code Ann. § 11-9-121
Where this section sits in the code
- MS Code
- Title 11
An attachment for a witness may be in the following form, viz.:
“The State of Mississippi.
“To any lawful officer of __________ County:
“We command you to take the body of __________, and have him before the undersigned justice of the peace of __________ County, at __________, on the ___ day of __________, A.D.__________ at __________ o'clock __________, to testify for the __________ in the case of __________ against __________, No. __________. (But if the said __________ shall furnish bail, with sureties, to be approved by you, in the sum of one hundred dollars, for his appearance at said time and place, you will discharge him.) And have there then this writ.
“Witness my hand, the ___ day of __________, A.D. __________”
The part in brackets should be omitted, if it be not intended that the witness shall be discharged on bail, but shall be brought before the court by the officer. An attachment and scire facias for a defaulting witness may be combined in one writ, and when the witness is before the justice of the peace in pursuance of such process, the judgment nisi shall be made final, if good cause to the contrary be not shown.
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