MS Const., Article 3, Section 30

There shall be no imprisonment for debt. SOURCES: 1817 art I §18; 1832 art I §18; 1869 art I §11. SECTION 31 . The right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate, but the legislature may, by enactment, provide that in all civil suits tried in the circuit and chancery court, nine or more jurors may agree on the verdict and return it as the verdict of the jury. SOURCES: 1817 art I §28; 1832 art I §28; 1869 art I §12; Laws 1916, ch. 158.