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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3402
Eminent Domain - Fair Market Value
In order to award due compensation to [name of property owner], you must determine
the difference between the fair market value of the property immediately before the taking,
_________ [insert date], and the fair market value immediately after the taking, ________ [insert
date].
Fair market value is the term used for the price that the property would bring on the open
market in a sale between a seller who is willing to sell, and a buyer who is willing and able to
buy the property, and both the buyer and the seller know the important facts about the property.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3402 (current as of February 17, 2012). Submitted in 2012 by the Mississippi Model Jury Instructions Commission (created by the Supreme Court of Mississippi by order of December 30, 2008) and published by the Court on courts.ms.gov. The Court states that these model jury instructions have not been adopted or approved by the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
- Content hash
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