Mississippi Code
Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes
§ 1-3-61. Written

The term "written," when used in any statute, may include, but is not limited to, printing, engraving, and lithographing. In all cases where the signature of any person is required by law, it shall always be the proper handwriting of such person, or, in case he be unable to write, his proper mark, unless a different form of legal signature is specified in another statute.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 1 - Laws and Statutes

Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes

§ 1-3-1. Application of chapter

§ 1-3-3. Bond

§ 1-3-4. Capital case, capital offense, capital crime, and capital murder

§ 1-3-5. Crime

§ 1-3-7. Drugs

§ 1-3-9. Established

§ 1-3-11. Felony

§ 1-3-13. Fertilizers

§ 1-3-15. Food

§ 1-3-17. Gender, masculine to embrace the feminine

§ 1-3-19. Infamous crime

§ 1-3-21. Infant

§ 1-3-23. Insurrection

§ 1-3-24. Intellectual disability

§ 1-3-25. Land

§ 1-3-26. Minimum education program, minimum program, minimum foundation program

§ 1-3-27. Minor

§ 1-3-29. Month

§ 1-3-31. Navigable waters

§ 1-3-33. Number, singular and plural

§ 1-3-35. Oath

§ 1-3-37. Offense

§ 1-3-39. Person

§ 1-3-41. Personal property

§ 1-3-43. Promissory note

§ 1-3-45. Property

§ 1-3-47. Railroad

§ 1-3-49. State

§ 1-3-51. Stationery

§ 1-3-53. Sworn

§ 1-3-55. United States

§ 1-3-57. Unsound mind

§ 1-3-58. Ward

§ 1-3-59. Will

§ 1-3-61. Written

§ 1-3-63. Year

§ 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

§ 1-3-76. Procedures for contesting disqualification of signatures on petition requesting vote on matter affecting county or municipality

§ 1-3-77. General severability provision