The clerk of any court shall move the court to dismiss any cause pending therein in which no step has been taken for the two terms preceding; and the court shall, unless good cause be shown to the contrary, dismiss the same at the costs of the plaintiff or complainant.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure
§ 11-53-7. Security for costs before justice of the peace
§ 11-53-9. Costs paid from deposit
§ 11-53-11. Official bond covers deposit
§ 11-53-13. Security for costs shall not be required in certain suits
§ 11-53-15. Usee liable for costs-state as nominal plaintiff
§ 11-53-17. Poor persons may sue without security for costs
§ 11-53-19. Court may dismiss action of poor persons
§ 11-53-21. Judgment for costs against poor persons
§ 11-53-23. Costs on dismissal for want of jurisdiction
§ 11-53-25. Stale cases dismissed at cost of plaintiff
§ 11-53-31. Successful party liable for certain costs
§ 11-53-33. Costs not recovered in some cases - limited in others
§ 11-53-37. Costs in class suits
§ 11-53-43. Executors and administrators entitled to and liable for costs - in their administration
§ 11-53-45. Next friend of infant liable for costs
§ 11-53-49. Costs in cases of setoff
§ 11-53-51. Costs in cases of appeal from justices of the peace
§ 11-53-53. Costs in cases of certiorari and appeals from certain inferior tribunals
§ 11-53-55. Cases not expressly embraced by statute or Rule
§ 11-53-65. Bill of costs made and filed
§ 11-53-67. Fees not payable until bill produced
§ 11-53-69. Costs not due until suit ended
§ 11-53-71. Taxation of costs in cases from justices of the peace
§ 11-53-73. Execution for costs
§ 11-53-75. Bill of costs appended to execution
§ 11-53-77. Combining orders and decrees to save costs
§ 11-53-79. Table of fees to be posted conspicuously
§ 11-53-81. Recovery of attorney's fees in suit on open account