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Miss. Code Ann. § 11-7-161 (2026)

If verdict not responsive, jury to deliberate further

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If the verdict is not responsive to the issue submitted to the jury, the court shall call their attention thereto and send them back for further deliberation.

Codes, 1906, § 780; Hemingway's 1917, § 563; 1930, § 572; 1942, § 1516.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1996–2000 · leading case: Sentinel Indus. Contracting Corp. v. Kimmins Indus. Serv. Corp., 743 So. 2d 954 (Miss. 1999).
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Sentinel Indus. Contracting Corp. v. Kimmins Indus. Serv. Corp., 743 So. 2d 954 (Miss. 1999). “” Miss. Code Ann. § 11-7-161 (1972). The defendants argue that the jury’s handwritten verdict was defective and not responsive.”
Sentinel Indus. Cont. v. Kimmins Indus., 743 So. 2d 954 (Miss. 1999). “"If the verdict is not responsive to the issue submitted to the jury, the court shall call their attention thereto and send them back for further deliberation.”
Robert S. Byars v. Moore Planting Co., Inc. (Miss. 1997). · cites it 2× “Byars rely on Miss. Code Ann. § 11-7-161 (1972), which states: "If the verdict is not responsive to the issue submitted to the jury, the court shall call their attention thereto and send them back for further deliberation.”
Byars v. Moore Planting Co., 755 So. 2d 415 (Miss. 2000). · cites it 2× “Byars rely on Miss. Code Ann. § 11-7-161 (1972), which states: “If the verdict is not responsive to the issue submitted to the jury, the court shall call their attention thereto and send them back for further deliberation.”
Sentinel Indus. Contracting Corp. v. Kimmins Indus. Serv. Corp. (Miss. 1996). “" Miss. Code Ann. § 11-7-159 (1972). "If the verdict is not responsive to the issue submitted to the jury, the court shall call their attention thereto and send them back for further deliberation.”
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