A plea in abatement, or other dilatory plea to an indictment, shall not be received, unless the same be verified by the oath of the defendant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-7-17
Dilatory pleas; must be verified by oath
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 59, art. 1(50); 1857, ch. 64, art. 296; 1871, § 2760; 1880, § 3010; 1892, § 1352; 1906, § 1424; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1180; 1930, § 1204; 1942, § 2447.
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