The writ shall be in the form or to the effect following, to wit:
"THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI "To the sheriff or any constable of county, greeting: "Whereas, AB (or agent or attorney of AB) hath complained on oath to one of the judges of the Supreme Court (or other officer as the case may be) that CD is justly indebted to the said AB to the amount of and that the said CD is a nonresident, etc. (reciting the affidavit) and bond and security having been given according to the statute: "We therefore command you that you attach the said CD by his estate, re al and personal, in your county to the value of the said demand and costs of suit, and that you safely keep the same according to law, so as to compel the said CD to appear before the court (or before the court of , a justice court judge of county), to be held at , in and for the county of , on the Monday of , to answer the above complaint. And that you summon the said CD, if to be found in your county, to appear and answer accordingly; and have there then this writ, with your proceedings thereon. "Witness my hand, this day of , A.D. ."
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The writ shall be signed by the officer granting the same or, if issued by a clerk or his deputy, shall be dated, signed and sealed as other writs; and an attachment shall not be quashed or abated for want of form if the substantial matters expressed in the foregoing precedent be contained therein; and on the demand of the plaintiff said writ may embody a garnishment.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure
Chapter 33 - Attachment at Law Against Debtors
§ 11-33-3. Suit against one or more debtors among joint debtors
§ 11-33-5. Attachment against partners
§ 11-33-7. Attachments against nonresidents jointly indebted
§ 11-33-9. Grounds for attachment-affidavit
§ 11-33-15. Bond excepted to: new bond and affidavit
§ 11-33-21. Duplicate and alias writs
§ 11-33-23. Writ to be served, on what, and what bound by the levy
§ 11-33-25. The defendant to be summoned
§ 11-33-27. Proceeding when levy by other than sheriff
§ 11-33-29. Attachment may be issued and served on Sunday
§ 11-33-31. Return of writ and bonds
§ 11-33-33. Ancillary attachment
§ 11-33-35. Attachment for debt not due
§ 11-33-37. Publication of notice
§ 11-33-39. When publication unnecessary
§ 11-33-41. Form of notice required
§ 11-33-43. In absence of newspaper
§ 11-33-45. Property may be replevied
§ 11-33-47. Form of bond for replevin of goods
§ 11-33-49. But one bond required
§ 11-33-51. Execution against sureties
§ 11-33-55. One satisfaction releases sureties
§ 11-33-57. Prior attachment from another court
§ 11-33-59. Bond to discharge attachment for a debt due
§ 11-33-61. Form of bond to discharge attachment for debt due
§ 11-33-63. Bond to discharge attachment for a debt not due
§ 11-33-65. Form of bond to discharge attachment for debt not due
§ 11-33-67. Officer bound if bond insufficient
§ 11-33-69. Claim of third person to attached property
§ 11-33-71. Property in danger of waste to be sold pending suit
§ 11-33-73. How certain other property may be sold pending suit
§ 11-33-75. Death of defendant does not abate action
§ 11-33-77. The declaration and subsequent pleadings
§ 11-33-79. Judgment by default
§ 11-33-81. Defendant may defend without replevying property
§ 11-33-83. Answer traversing truth of alleged attachment grounds; trial of issue
§ 11-33-85. Answer traversing truth of alleged attachment grounds; damages in favor of defendant
§ 11-33-89. Property assessment and judgment in certain cases
§ 11-33-91. Voluntary dismissal and damages
§ 11-33-93. Judgment in case debt not due
§ 11-33-95. Judgment for damages pleadable as payment
§ 11-33-97. Discharge of attachment not to affect action
§ 11-33-99. Attachment preserved by appeal
§ 11-33-101. Intervention by other creditors