The powers of the government of the State of Mississippi shall be divided into three distinct departments, and each of them confided to a separate magistracy, to-wit: those which are legislative to one; those which are judicial to another; and those which are executive to another.
Section 1
Miss. Const. art. 1, § 1, under DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS.
Miss. Const. art. 1, § 1
Section 1