The clerk of the chancery court shall have power, with the approbation of the court, or of the judge in vacation, to appoint one or more deputies, who shall take the oath of office, and who thereupon shall have power to do and perform all the acts and duties which their principal may lawfully do; such approval, when given by the judge in vacation, shall be in writing, and shall be entered on the minutes of the court at the next term.
Miss. Code Ann. § 9-5-133
How clerk of chancery court may appoint deputies
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 497 So. 2d 433 - Warren County v. Culkin (1986)
Most recently applied in 633 So. 2d 421 - Moore v. McCullough (November 1993)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 27, class 2, art. 1 (12); class 3 art. 1 (10); 1857, ch. 61, art. 17, ch. 62, art. 13; 1871, §§ 551, 990; 1880, § 2281; 1892, § 930; 1906, § 1006; …
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