If persons divorced for incest shall, after such divorce, cohabit or live together as man and wife, or be guilty of a single act of adultery or fornication, such persons so offending shall be guilty of incest and fined, on conviction, five hundred dollars or be imprisoned in the penitentiary not longer than ten years or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-29
Incest; persons divorced for incest not to cohabit or copulate
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 730 So. 2d 581 - Weigand v. Houghton (1999)
Most recently applied in 730 So. 2d 581 - Weigand v. Houghton (February 1999)
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 185; 1871, § 2648; 1880, § 2896; 1892, § 1169; 1906, § 1247; Hemingway’s 1917, § 977; 1930, § 1005; 1942, § 2235.
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