63-3-121 - Individuals. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 63-3-121. Individuals.
 

(a)  "Person" means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, or corporation. 

(b)  "Driver" means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. 

(c)  "Owner" means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle; in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter. 

(d)  "Pedestrian" means any person afoot or a person who uses an electric personal assistive mobility device or a manual or motorized wheelchair. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 8134; Laws,  1938, ch. 200; Laws, 2003, ch. 485, § 10, eff from and after July 1, 2003.