{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-11-43-39","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 11-43-39","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 11-43-39","body":"The judge or chancellor may issue or order subpoenas for witnesses and compel their attendance, as a circuit court could in term time, and fine witnesses or others for contempt. Whenever the personal attendance of a witness cannot be procured, his affidavit, taken on reasonable notice to the adverse party, may be received in evidence.","path":["MS Code","Title 11"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"9c4752a1e35a31f30369cdb2a46ed7156f5be8c314d9f9e298b08021dee18c3f","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-11-43-37","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-11-43-41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}