Whenever the term "ward" is used, it shall be liberally construed and held to include any and all persons under every form of legal disability, including, but not limited to, the disabilities of minority, intellectual disability, mental illness, unsound mind, alcoholism, addiction to drugs, and convicted felons.
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