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Statutes > Mississippi > Title-51 > 31 > 51-31-107§ 51-31-107. Master may hear and determine causes; report of findings to chancellor.
The chancellor shall have the power to appoint a master as provided by the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure to hear and determine any and all matters which, under the provisions of this chapter or any act amendatory thereof, it is the duty of the chancellor to hear and determine. The master shall report his findings to the chancellor for confirmation, such findings to be subject to exceptions in the same manner as other reports of masters are now subject to exceptions, and such masters may continue any such hearings from time to time as the chancellor may do. Said reports may be confirmed at any time and place which may have been designated in the order of reference without further notice.
Sources: Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4326; 1930, § 4425; 1942, § 4630; Laws, 1912, ch. 196; Laws, 1991, ch. 573, § 112, eff from and after July 1, 1991.
