9-1-101 - Definitions. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 9-1-101. Definitions.
 

As used in Sections 9-1-101 through 9-1-107, 25-3-53 and 25-3-55 the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them herein: 
 

(a) "Judicial office" means the position of judge of the Court of Appeals, chancery, circuit or county court judge, or Supreme Court Justice. 

(b) "Judicial officer" means a judge of the Court of Appeals, chancery, circuit or county court, or a Supreme Court Justice. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1989, ch. 587, § 1; Laws, 1993, ch. 518, § 16, eff July 13, 1993 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the amendment of this section).