Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 1-3-65 (2026)
Construction of terms generally
✓ current as of July 2026
All words and phrases contained in the statutes are used according to their common and ordinary acceptation and meaning; but technical words and phrases according to their technical meaning.
Codes, 1857, ch. 66, art. 1; 1871, § 2930; 1880, § 10; 1892, § 1522; 1906, § 1603; Hemingway's 1917, § 1370; 1930, § 1394; 1942, § 702.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 43
cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1983–2026 · leading case: Rex Distrib. Co., Inc. v. Anheuser-Busch, LLC, 271 So. 3d 445 (Miss. 2019).
Rex Distrib. Co., Inc. v. Anheuser-Busch, LLC, 271 So. 3d 445 (Miss. 2019). “2013) (quoting Miss. Code Ann. § 1-3-65 (Rev. 2005)). BIFDA defines seventeen different terms, but “interfere” is not one of them.”
Coleman v. State, 947 So. 2d 878 (Miss. 2006). “Section 1-3-65 instructs, "All words and phrases contained in the statutes are used according to their common and ordinary acceptation and meaning; but technical words and phrases according to their technical meaning.”
Barbour v. State, 974 So. 2d 232 (Miss. 2008). “" Miss.Code Ann. § 1-3-65 (Rev. 2005). [22] The majority apparently takes issue with the trial court for applying the common and ordinary meaning of words and for determining "year" to mean calendar year, both as specifically required by the statutes cited herein.”
Est. of Baxter v. Shaw Assocs., Inc., 797 So. 2d 396 (Miss. Ct. App. 2001). “A general statute has codified what has long been the rule in statutory interpretation that "words and phrases contained in the statutes are used according to their common and ordinary acceptation and meaning; but technical words and phrases according to their technical meaning.”
Ladner v. Ladner, 436 So. 2d 1366 (Miss. 1983). “" Miss. Code Ann. § 1-3-65 (1972). Our divorce statute uses the terms "habitual," "excessive," and "other like drugs.”
Carambat v. Carambat, 72 So. 3d 505 (Miss. 2011). “Mississippi Code Section 1-3-65 (Rev.2005) provides that "all words and phrases contained in the statutes are used according to their common and ordinary acceptation and meaning.”
McCalpin v. State, 166 So. 3d 24 (Miss. 2013). “” Miss. Code Ann. § 1-3-65 (Rev.2005). ¶ 23.”
Lawson v. Honeywell Int'l, Inc., 75 So. 3d 1024 (Miss. 2011). “§ 1-3-65 (Rev. 2005); see also Lambert v.”
Funches v. Progressive Tractor & Implement Co., 905 F.3d 846 (5th Cir. 2018). “" Miss. Code Ann. § 1-3-65 . In interpreting the word "manufacturer" as used in the MPLA, the Mississippi Supreme Court looked to "its common and popular meaning" and consulted dictionaries to do so.”
Marilyn Newsome v. Peoples Bank, 269 So. 3d 19 (Miss. 2018). “" Miss. Code Ann. § 1-3-65 (Rev. 2014). ¶ 16.”
Morris v. MacIone, 546 So. 2d 969 (Miss. 1989). “Miss. Code Ann. § 1-3-65 (1972). Had Macione wished to include the members of his family in the bargain, the facilities of our language are legally and linguistically such that this easily may have been done.”
Richardson v. Canton Farm Equip., Inc., 608 So. 2d 1240 (Miss. 1992). “Miss. Code Ann. § 1-3-65 (1972); Davis v.”
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