§ 16-13-1002 — Terms of court - Adjournment - Recess

(a) (1) The terms of the circuit courts of the counties and districts of the Second Judicial District shall commence at the times and places provided for below and shall run for a period of one (1) year: (A) (i) In the Eastern District of Clay County: On the first Monday in January; (ii) In the Western District of Clay County: On the third Monday in January; (B) (i) In the Western District of Craighead County: On the first Monday in January; (ii) In the Eastern District of Craighead County: On the third Monday in February; (C) (i) In the Chickasawba District of Mississippi County: On the first Monday in January; (ii) In the Osceola District of Mississippi County: On the fourth Monday in February; (D) In Crittenden County: On the fourth Monday in January; (E) In Greene County: On the second Monday in February; and (F) In Poinsett County: On the fourth Monday in March. (2) In the event any of the dates provided in this subsection should fall upon a legal holiday, the term shall commence on the next succeeding day. (b) The circuit courts of the Second Judicial District shall always be open for the transaction of business on all matters over which they have jurisdiction, except on those days now excluded by law, if any. (c) There shall be no final adjournments, but the circuit courts of the counties and districts of the district may adjourn from day to day as business within the district demands. Those adjournments shall be considered recesses and shall not prohibit the circuit courts from sitting at any time.

Legislative History

Acts 1891, No. 62, § 2, p. 110; 1891, No. 89, § 1, p. 158; 1911, No. 138, § 8, p. 110; 1927, No. 219, §§ 1, 2; 1949, No. 18, § 1; 1965, No. 505, § 8; 1967, No. 12, § 1; 1981, No. 224, §§ 1, 2; 1981, No. 982, §§ 1, 2; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 22-310, 22-310n.