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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-1: Abduction for purposes of marriage.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 97. Crimes
- Chapter 3. Crimes Against the Person
Every person who shall take any person over the age of fourteen (14) years unlawfully, against his or her will, and by force, menace, fraud, deceit, stratagem or duress, compel or induce him or her to marry such person or to marry any other person, or to be defiled, and shall be thereof duly convicted, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than five (5) years and not more than fifteen (15) years.
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