Miss. Code § 97-9-101 Definitions

• Library: Mississippi Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through the 2023 Regular Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Miss. Code § 97-9-101

The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(a) "Benefit" means any gain or advantage to the beneficiary, including any gain or advantage to a third person pursuant to the desire or consent of the beneficiary.

(b) "Government" means the state, county, municipality or other political subdivision, agency, branch or department of any of the foregoing, and any corporation or other entity established by law to carry out any governmental function.

(c) "Governmental function" means any activity which a public servant is legally authorized to undertake on behalf of a government.

(d) "Harm" means loss, disadvantage or injury, or anything so regarded by the person affected, including loss, disadvantage or injury to any other person or entity in whose welfare he is interested.

(e) "Juror" means any person who is a member of any jury, including a grand jury, impaneled by any court of this state or by any public servant authorized by law to impanel a jury. The term juror also includes any person who has been summoned or whose name has been drawn to attend as a prospective juror.

(f) "Official proceeding" means any proceeding heard before any legislative, judicial, administrative or other government agency or official authorized to hear evidence under oath.

(g) "Physical evidence" means any article, object, document, record or other thing of physical substance.