18 chapters · 531 sections in this title.
Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-1 Venue of proof of wills
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Wills shall be proved in and letters testamentary thereon granted by the chancery court of the county in which the testator had a fixed place of residence. If he had no fixed place of residence and land be devised in the will, it shall be proved in and letters granted by the chan…
Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-10 Affidavits may be used to authenticate holographic wills or codicils
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Where there is not contest about it, a holographic will or codicil may be proved at the time of presentment for probate by the affidavits, made before an officer in the state authorized to administer oaths, of at least two (2) persons, in no wise interested in the estate of the t…
Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-101 Debt from executor or administrator inventoried
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The naming of an executor in a will shall not operate to extinguish any claim which the deceased had against him, but it shall be the duty of every such executor accepting the trust to give in such claim in the list of debts. On his failure to give in such claim or any part there…
Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-103 Summary proceeding for discovery of assets
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If the goods, chattels, and effects are improperly withheld from the executor or administrator, then he shall not be answerable for a failure to return the inventories herein required until the goods, chattels, and effects, or some part thereof, have been received. If the executo…