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Mississippi Constitution, Article 6

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Article 6, JUDICIARY

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Miss. Const. art. 6, § 144 Section 144
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The judicial power of the State shall be vested in a supreme court and such other courts as are provided for in this constitution.
Miss. Const. art. 6, § 145 The supreme court shall consist of three judges, any two of whom, when convened, shall form a quorum
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The supreme court shall consist of three judges, any two of whom, when convened, shall form a quorum. The legislature shall divide the State into three supreme court districts, and the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint one judge for and fro…
Miss. Const. art. 6, § 146 Section 146
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The supreme court shall have such jurisdiction as properly belongs to a court of appeals.
Miss. Const. art. 6, § 147 Section 147
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No judgment or decree in any chancery or circuit court rendered in a civil cause, shall be reversed or annulled on the ground of want of jurisdiction to render said judgment or decree, from any error or mistake as to whether the cause in which it was rendered was of equity or com…

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Miss. Const. art. 6, § 148 Section 148

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The supreme court shall be held twice in each year at the seat of government, at such time as the legislature may provide.

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 149 The term of office of the judges of the supreme court shall be nine years

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The term of office of the judges of the supreme court shall be nine years. The office of one of said judges shall be vacated in three years, one in six years, and one in nine years, so that at the expiration of every three years one of said judges shall be appointed as aforesaid.

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 150 Section 150

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No person shall be eligible to the office of judge of the supreme court who shall not have attained the age of thirty years at the time of his appointment, and who shall not have been a practicing attorney and a citizen of the State for five years immediately preceding such appoi…

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 151 All vacancies which may occur in said court from death, resignation, or removal, shall be filled by appointment as aforesaid

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All vacancies which may occur in said court from death, resignation, or removal, shall be filled by appointment as aforesaid; but if a vacancy shall occur during the recess of the legislature, the governor shall appoint a successor who shall hold his office until the end of the n…

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 152 Section 152

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The legislature shall divide the State into convenient circuit and chancery court districts.

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 153 Section 153

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The judges of the circuit courts and of the chancery courts shall be appointed by the governor, with the advise and consent of the senate, and shall hold their offices for the term of four years.

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 154 Section 154

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No person shall be eligible to the office of judge of the circuit court or of the chancery court, who shall not have been a practicing lawyer for five years, and who shall not have attained the age of twenty-six years, and who shall not have been five years a citizen of this Stat…

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 155 Section 155

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The judges of the several courts of this State shall, before they proceed to execute the duties of their re spective offices, take the following oath or affirmation, to-wit: “І, ——————, solemly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do eq…

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 156 Section 156

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The circuit court shall have original jurisdiction in all matters civil and criminal in this State not vested by this constitution in some other court, and such appellate jurisdiction as shall be prescribed by law.

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 157 Section 157

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All causes that may be brought in the circuit court whereof the chancery court has exclusive jurisdiction shall be transferred to the chancery court.

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 158 Section 158

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A circuit court shall be held in each county at least twice in each year, and the judges of said courts may interchange circuits with each other in such manner as may be provided by law.

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 159 Section 159

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The chancery court shall have full jurisdiction in the following matters and cases, viz: (a) All matters in equity. (b) Divorce and alimony. (c) Matters testamentary and of administration. (d) Minor's business. (e) Cases of idiocy, lunacy and persons of unsound mind. (f) All case…

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 160 Section 160

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And in addition to the jurisdiction heretofore exercised by the chancery court in suits to try title and to cancel deeds and other clouds upon title to real estate, it shall have jurisdiction in such cases to decree possession, and to displace possession, to decree rents and comp…

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 161 Section 161

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And the chancery court shall have jurisdiction, concurrent with the circuit court, of suits on bonds of fiduciaries and public officers for failure to account for money or property received or wasted or lost by neglect or failure to collect, and of suits involving inquiry into ma…

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 162 Section 162

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All causes that may be brought in the chancery court whereof the circuit court has exclusive jurisdiction shall be transferred to the circuit court.

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 163 Section 163

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The legislature shall provide by law for the due certification of all causes that may be transferred to or from any chancery court or circuit court, for such reformation of the pleadings therein as may be necessary, and the adjudication of the costs of such transfer.

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 164 Section 164

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A chancery court shall be held in each county at least twice in each year.

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 165 Section 165

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No judge of any court shall preside on the trial of any cause where the parties or either of them shall be connected with him by affinity or consanguinity, or where he may be interested in the same, except by the consent of the judge and of the parties. Whenever any judge of the …

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 166 Section 166

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The judges of the supreme court, of the circuit courts and the chancellors shall receive for their services a compensation to be fixed by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during their continuance in office.

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 167 Section 167

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All civil officers shall be conservators of the peace, and shall be, by law, vested with ample power as such.

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 168 Section 168

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The clerk of the supreme court shall be elected as other State officers for the term of four years, and the clerk of the circuit court and the clerk of the chancery court shall be selected in each county in the manner provided by law, and shall hold office for the term of four ye…

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 169 Section 169

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The style of all process shall be “The State of Mississippi,” and all prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and by authority of the “State of Mississippi,” and all indictments shall conclude “against the peace and dignity of the State.”

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 170 Each county shall be divided into five districts

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Each county shall be divided into five districts. A resident freeholder of each district shall be selected, in the manner prescribed by law, and the five so chosen shall constitute the board of supervisors of the county, amajority of whom may transact business. The board of super…

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 171 Section 171

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A competent number of justices of the peace and constables shall be chosen in each county in the manner provided by law, for each district, who shall hold their office for the term of four years. No person shall be eligible to the office of justice of the peace who shall not have…

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 172 Section 172

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The legislature shall, from time to time, establish such other inferior courts as may be necessary, and abolish the same whenever deemed expedient.

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 173 Section 173

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There shall be an attorney-general elected at the same time and in the same manner as the governor is elected, whose term of office shall be four years, and whose compensation shall be fixed by law. The qualifications for the attorney-general shall be the same as herein prescribe…

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 174 Section 174

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A district attorney for each circuit court district shall be selected in the manner provided by law, whose term of office shall be four years, whose duties shall be prescribed by law, and whose compensation shall be a fixed salary.

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 175 Section 175

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All public officers, for willful neglect of duty, or misdemeanor in office, shall be liable to presentment or indictment by a grand jury, and upon conviction, shall be removed from office, and otherwise punished as may be prescribed by law.

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 176 No person shall be a member of the board of supervisors who is not a resident freeholder in the district for which he is chosen

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No person shall be a member of the board of supervisors who is not a resident freeholder in the district for which he is chosen. The value of real estate necessary to be owned to qualify persons in the several counties to be members of said board shall be fixed by law.

Miss. Const. art. 6, § 177 Section 177

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The governor shall have power to fill any vacancy which may happen during the recess of the senate, in the office of judge or chancellor, by making a temporary appointment of an incumbent, which shall expire at the end of the next session of the senate, unless a successor shall b…