Mississippi § 91-7-21 - Caveat against probate may be filed.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 91-7-21 — Caveat against probate may be filed., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 91-7-21. Caveat against probate may be filed.
Any one desiring to contest a will presented for probate may do so before probate by entering in the clerk’s office in which it shall be presented his objection to the probate thereof, and causing all parties interested and who do not join him in such objection to be made parties defendant. Thereupon the issue devisavit vel non shall be made up and tried, and proceedings had as in other like cases. When an objection to the probate of a will has been made in writing, filed with the clerk, probate shall not be had of such will without notice to the objector.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 91-7-21 ("Caveat against probate may be filed.") 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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