{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-99-38-3","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 99-38-3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter the following terms shall have the meanings herein ascribed:\n(a) “Accused” shall mean any person who has been indicted for a criminal offense or against whom a criminal prosecution has been commenced;\n(b) “Treasurer” shall mean the State Treasurer of the State of Mississippi; and\n(c) “Victim” shall mean any person who suffers damages as a result of another person’s criminal activities. The term “victim” shall not include any coparticipant in the criminal activities of an accused or convicted person, or any person knowingly participating in a criminal act at the time he became a victim.","path":["Title 99. Criminal Procedure","Chapter 38. Crime Victim’s Escrow Account Act"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ms.code.ann.2018/release78.2020.07.08/gov.ms.code.title.99.odt","current_through":"2020-07-08","vintage":"Mississippi Code Release 78 (2020-07), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-10-27T05:55:13Z","sha256":"8b48bb652ab7f0893363025113991f6eec32657a58e965300b374230e5be8352","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-99-38-1","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-99-38-5","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ms","title":"Mississippi Release 78 supplement","text":"Mississippi electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain dedication. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ms.code.ann.2018"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}