73-3-35 - Oath in each court.
§ 73-3-35. Oath in each court.
Every attorney and counselor at law, before he shall be permitted to practice, shall produce his license in each court where he intends to practice, and in the presence of such court, shall take the following oath or affirmation to wit:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will demean myself, as an attorney and counselor of this court, according to the best of my learning and ability, and with all good fidelity as well to the court as to the client; that I will use no falsehood nor delay any person's cause for lucre or malice, and that I will support the Constitution of the State of Mississippi so long as I continue a citizen thereof. So help me God."
And thereupon the name of such person, with the date of his admission, shall be entered in a roll or book to be kept in each court for that purpose.
Sources: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 26, art. 3 (1, 3); 1857, ch. 9, art. 2; 1871, § 2245; 1880, § 2397; 1892, § 209; 1906, § 215; Hemingway's 1917, § 189; 1930, § 3692; 1942, § 8664; reenacted without change, Laws, 1983, ch. 457, § 4; reenacted, 1991, ch. 560, § 4; reenacted without change, Laws, 1999, ch. 372, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 2003, ch. 524, § 4; reenacted without change, Laws, 2006, ch. 471, § 4, eff from and after July 1, 2006.