Mississippi Constitution

Article 3, § 31 — Trial by jury

Mississippi Const. art. 3, § 31

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Miss. Const. art. 3, § 31.

Full Text

The right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate, but the Legislature may, by enactment, provide that in all civil suits tried in the circuit and chancery court, nine or more jurors may agree on the verdict and return it as the verdict of the jury.

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History

SOURCES: 1817 art I § 28; 1832 art I § 28; 1869 art I § 12; Laws, 1916, ch. 158.