Mississippi § 73-3-351 - Personal incapacity; proceedings; circumstances showing existence of condition.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 73-3-351 — Personal incapacity; proceedings; circumstances showing existence of condition., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 73-3-351. Personal incapacity; proceedings; circumstances showing existence of condition.
Proceedings to determine whether an attorney is personally incapable to practice law shall be instituted and conducted in the same manner and upon the same procedure as disciplinary proceedings, except as otherwise set out in Sections 73-3-347 through 73-3-365. In addition to, and without exclusion of, any other circumstances, cause to believe that an attorney may be personally incapable to practice law shall exist whenever information is received that such member (a) has interposed successfully a defense of mental incompetence to secure abatement of, or to defeat an adverse determination in, a disciplinary proceeding brought against him in any tribunal in any jurisdiction, (b) has defended, upon like grounds, a suit brought against him in any tribunal in any jurisdiction, (c) has been judicially declared incompetent, or (d) has been legally committed to an institution for the treatment of mental illness.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 73-3-351 cover?
Section 73-3-351 ("Personal incapacity; proceedings; circumstances showing existence of condition.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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