A conveyance of land sold by a sheriff under execution may be in the following form, and shall be sufficient to convey all of the title of the defendant in the execution, which any conveyance such officer might make would in such case convey; and a conveyance by a constable in like form, the proper changes being made, shall have the like effect in case of sale made by him, viz.:
"By virtue of an execution issued by the clerk of the circuit court of county, on the day of , A.D. , returnable before said court on the Monday of , A.D. , to enforce the judgment of said court, rendered on the day of , A.D. , in favor of against , for dollars, and costs, I, as sheriff of county, have this day, according to law, sold the following lands, to wit: [here describe the land]; when became the best bidder therefor at the sum of dollars, and he having paid said sum of money, I now convey said land to him. "Witness my hand, the , A. D. Sheriff."
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Structure Mississippi Code
Title 89 - Real and Personal Property
Chapter 1 - Land and Conveyances
§ 89-1-1. Land conveyed to vest immediately or in future
§ 89-1-3. Land to be conveyed only by writing
§ 89-1-5. Words of inheritance not necessary
§ 89-1-7. Estate in two or more persons
§ 89-1-9. The rule in Shelley's Case abolished
§ 89-1-11. Remainder good without particular estate
§ 89-1-13. Limitation on failure of issue
§ 89-1-15. Estates in fee tail prohibited
§ 89-1-17. Alienation good for grantor's interest; remainder not affected
§ 89-1-19. Right of entry not tolled by death of disseizor
§ 89-1-21. How body politic, public or private corporation may convey land
§ 89-1-23. Aliens holding land
§ 89-1-27. Conveyances by masters, commissioners, sheriffs or other officers
§ 89-1-33. Effect of word "warrant" in conveyance
§ 89-1-35. Effect of words "warrant specially."
§ 89-1-37. Effect of a conveyance without warranty
§ 89-1-39. Effect of quitclaim and release
§ 89-1-41. Effect of words "grant, bargain, sell."
§ 89-1-43. Mortgages and trust estates; trust estates subject to execution
§ 89-1-45. Mortgage for purchase money of land
§ 89-1-47. Deed not shown to be mortgage by parol evidence
§ 89-1-51. Trustee may acknowledge satisfaction
§ 89-1-55. How lands sold under mortgages and deeds in trust
§ 89-1-57. Deed of trust or mortgage; how sale made when terms not specified
§ 89-1-59. Accelerated debt may be reinstated by payment of all default before sale
§ 89-1-61. Forms for conveyances
§ 89-1-65. Sheriff's conveyance
§ 89-1-67. Conveyance by administrator, executor, guardian, master, or commissioner