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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 709
Contracts - No Completion Date Allows Either Party to Cancel the Contract
Statement of Law
If a contract does not have a specific date when it is to be completed or finished, then
either party may decide to cancel the contract at any time.
General Instruction
[Name of plaintiff or canceling party] claims that [he/she/it] had the right to cancel the
contract to ____________________ [describe the subject matter of the contract] because the
contract did not have a specific date when the contract was to be completed or finished. To
establish this claim, [name of plaintiff or canceling party] must prove all of the following are
more likely true than not true:
1. [Name of plaintiff or canceling party] and [name of defendant] entered into a contract to
_______________ [describe the subject matter of the contract]; and
2. The contract did not have a specific date when the contract was to be completed or finished.
Verdict Form
1. Did [name of plaintiff or canceling party] and [name of defendant] enter into a contract to
_______________ [describe the subject matter of the contract]?
YES _______ NO ________
If your answer to question 1 is YES, then answer question 2. If you answered NO, stop
here and tell the bailiff.
2. Did the contract have a specific date when the contract was to be completed or finished?
YES _______ NO ________
If you answered NO to question 2 and YES to question 1, then you must find in favor of
[name of plaintiff or canceling party] on [his/her/its] claim to cancel the contract.
After you have filled out the verdict form, please tell the bailiff that you have reached a verdict.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 709 (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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