MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 1-3-11. Felony.

The term "felony," when used in any statute, shall mean any violation of law punished with death or confinement in the penitentiary.

SOURCES: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 8 (24); 1857, ch. 64, art. 348; 1871, Sec. 2855; 1880, Sec. 3104; 1892, Sec. 1503; 1906, Sec. 1578; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 1345; 1930, Sec. 1369; 1942, Sec. 677.


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