The term "person," when used in any statute, shall apply to artificial as well as natural persons; and when used to designate the party whose property may be the subject of offense, shall include the United States, this state, or any other state, territory, or country, and any county, city, town or village which may lawfully own property in this state; also all public and private corporations, as well as individuals.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes
§ 1-3-1. Application of chapter
§ 1-3-4. Capital case, capital offense, capital crime, and capital murder
§ 1-3-17. Gender, masculine to embrace the feminine
§ 1-3-24. Intellectual disability
§ 1-3-26. Minimum education program, minimum program, minimum foundation program
§ 1-3-33. Number, singular and plural
§ 1-3-65. Construction of terms generally
§ 1-3-67. How time computed when a number of days is prescribed
§ 1-3-69. When a number of weeks is prescribed
§ 1-3-71. Civil law to control computation of relationship unless otherwise provided
§ 1-3-73. Civil law to apply in construing
§ 1-3-75. Petitions must be signed personally by petitioners