MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 11-25-23. Judgment for plaintiff and writ of possession.

If the finding be for the plaintiff, the justice court judge shall render judgment in favor of the plaintiff that he recover possession of the land, with costs, and shall award a writ of habere facias possessionem; and the justice court judge may issue alias writs and enforce the judgment and punish for contempt of process thereon; but a writ of habere facias possessionem or execution shall not issue within five (5) days from the date of the judgment.

SOURCES: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 56, art. 7(15); 1857, ch. 42, art. 16; 1871, Sec. 1591; 1880, Sec. 2654; 1892, Sec. 4471; 1906, Sec. 5050; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 3322; 1930, Sec. 3467; 1942, Sec. 1044. Laws, 1982, ch. 423, Sec. 23, eff from and after January 1, 1984, or, with respect to a given county, from and after such earlier date as the county appoints a justice court clerk pursuant to Sec. 9-11-27 (3).


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