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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3800
Rules of the Road - Definitions
A vehicle is any device which carries a person or property on a [highway/road].
A motor vehicle is any vehicle which is propelled by its own [engine/motor].
A motorcycle is any motor vehicle which has a seat for the driver and is not designed to
ride on more than three wheels on the [ground/highway/road].
An authorized emergency vehicle is any fire department vehicle, police vehicle, 911
Emergency Communications District vehicle, ambulance, EMS vehicle, municipal emergency
vehicle, or a designated public service emergency vehicle.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 3800 (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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