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Miss. R. Civ. P. 83
LOCAL COURT RULES
(a) When Permissible. The conference of circuit, chancery and county court judges
may hereafter make uniform rules and amendments thereto concerning practice in their
respective courts not inconsistent with these rules. Likewise, any court by action of a
majority of the judges thereof may hereafter make local rules and amendments thereto
concerning practice in their respective courts not inconsistent with these rules. In the event
there is no majority, the senior judge shall have an additional vote.
(b) Procedure for Approval. All such local rules and uniform rules adopted before
being effective must be filed in the Supreme Court of Mississippi for approval. Such
motions shall also include a copy of the motion and of the proposed rules in an electronically
formatted medium (such as USB Flash Drive or CD-ROM). Upon receipt of such proposed
rules and prior to any approval of the same, the Supreme Court may submit them to the
Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules for advice as to whether any such rules are
consistent or in conflict with these rules or any other rules adopted by the Supreme Court.
(c) Publication. All local and uniform rules hereinafter approved by the Supreme
Court shall be submitted for publication in the Southern Reporter (Mississippi cases).
History
[Amended effective March 1, 1989; November 29, 1989; February 1, 1990; March 13, 1991; December 16, 1991; amended March 10, 1994, effective retroactively from and after January 1, 1993; amended October 13, 1995, effective from and after April 14, 1994; amended effective July 1, 2010.]
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