# Miss. R. Civ. P. 2: Rule 2. ONE FORM OF ACTION

> Mississippi · Court rules · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_MS_MRCP_R2

## Section

- **Citation:** Miss. R. Civ. P. 2
- **Heading:** Rule 2. ONE FORM OF ACTION
- **Jurisdiction:** Mississippi
- **Kind:** Court rules
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Mississippi Rules of Court / Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure / Miss. R. Civ. P. 2

## Text

There shall be one form of action to be known as “civil action.”
Advisory Committee Notes
Rule 2 does not affect the various remedies that previously have been available in the
courts of Mississippi. The abolition of the forms of action furnishes a single, uniform
procedure by which a litigant may present a claim in an orderly manner to a court empowered
to give whatever relief is appropriate and just; the substantive and remedial principles that
applied prior to the advent of these rules are not changed. What was an action at law before
these rules is still a civil action founded on legal principles and what was a bill in equity
before these rules is still a civil action founded upon equitable principles.

CHAPTER II. COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION:
SERVICE OF PROCESS, PLEADINGS,
MOTIONS, AND ORDERS

## Nearby sections

- [Miss. R. Civ. P. 1 Rule 1. SCOPE OF RULES](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_MS_MRCP_R1.md)
- [Miss. R. Civ. P. 2 Rule 2. ONE FORM OF ACTION](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_MS_MRCP_R2.md)
- [Miss. R. Civ. P. 3 Rule 3. COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_MS_MRCP_R3.md)
- [Miss. R. Civ. P. 4 Rule 4. SUMMONS](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_MS_MRCP_R4.md)
- [Miss. R. Civ. P. 5 Rule 5. SERVICE AND FILING OF PLEADINGS](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_MS_MRCP_R5.md)
- [Miss. R. Civ. P. 5.1 Rule 5.1. PRIVACY PROTECTION FOR](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_MS_MRCP_R5_1.md)
- [Miss. R. Civ. P. 6 Rule 6. TIME](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_MS_MRCP_R6.md)
- [Miss. R. Civ. P. 7 Rule 7. PLEADINGS ALLOWED; FORM OF MOTIONS](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_MS_MRCP_R7.md)
- [Miss. R. Civ. P. 8 Rule 8. GENERAL RULES OF PLEADING](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_MS_MRCP_R8.md)
- [Miss. R. Civ. P. 9 Rule 9. PLEADING SPECIAL MATTERS](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_MS_MRCP_R9.md)
- [Miss. R. Civ. P. 10 Rule 10. FORM OF PLEADINGS](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_MS_MRCP_R10.md)
- [Miss. R. Civ. P. 11 Rule 11. SIGNING OF PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_MS_MRCP_R11.md)
- [Miss. R. Civ. P. 12 Rule 12. DEFENSES AND OBJECTIONS -- WHEN AND HOW](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_MS_MRCP_R12.md)
- [Miss. R. Civ. P. 13 Rule 13. COUNTERCLAIM AND CROSS-CLAIM](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_MS_MRCP_R13.md)

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