The terms "capital case," "capital cases," "capital offense," "capital offenses," and "capital crime" when used in any statute shall denote criminal cases, offenses and crimes punishable by death or imprisonment for life in the state penitentiary. The term "capital murder" when used in any statute shall denote criminal cases, offenses and crimes punishable by death, or imprisonment for life in the state penitentiary.
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