For the purposes of the following sections of this chapter the term "contract" shall be held to include sales, purchases, agreements of sale, agreements to sell and agreements to purchase, that the word "person" wherever used in the following sections shall be construed to import the plural or singular, as the case demands, and shall include individuals, associations, partnerships and corporations.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 87 - Contracts and Contractual Relations
Chapter 1 - Gambling and Future Contracts
§ 87-1-3. Transfer of property to secure or pay, inures to wife and children of loser
§ 87-1-5. Loser may sue and recover money or property lost; exceptions
§ 87-1-7. Limitation on application of Sections 87-1-1 through 87-1-5
§ 87-1-9. Future contracts; definitions
§ 87-1-11. Certain exchanges authorized
§ 87-1-13. Who may provide market quotations by wire
§ 87-1-17. Brokers may recover certain advances
§ 87-1-21. "Bucket shop" defined
§ 87-1-27. Gambling and future contracts; witnesses denied privilege against self incrimination
§ 87-1-29. Principal entitled to certain written information