Miss. Code Ann. § 9-5-203

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Miss. Code Ann. § 9-5-203

Official statutory text

The clerk shall place on the general docket all applications made and proceedings had in said court in matters testamentary, of administration, in minors' business, and in cases of persons of unsound mind, by entering the name of the person whose estate is the subject of the application or proceedings, the time of filing the application or other paper, the nature of it in brief terms, the issuance and return of process, if any, or publication and proof of it, and a note of reference to all orders made by the clerk or court, by the book and page, so that by reference to such docket the history of the administration of such estate may be traced.

Such docket may be kept on computer as provided in Section 9-5-201 .

Status: in_force

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