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"In an action begun by seizure of property, in which no person need be or is named as defendant, any service required to be made prior to the filing of an answer, claim, or appearance shall be made upon the person having custody or possession of the property at the time of its seizure. Miss. Rules Civ. P. 5

All remedies providing for the seizure of person or property for the purpose of securing satisfaction of a judgment ultimately to be entered in the action are available under the circumstances and in the manner provided by law. These remedies include attachment, replevin, claim and delivery, sequestration and other corresponding or equivalent remedies, however designated and regardless of whether the remedy is ancillary to an action or must be obtained by an independent action. Miss. Rules Civ. P. 64; Miss. Code Ann. ยงยง 11-19-1 et seq. (ejectment); 11-29-1 et seq. (sequestration), 11-31-1 seq. (attachment); in chancery); 11-33-1 seq. (attachment at law); 11-35-1 et seq. (garnishment); 11-37-101 et seq. (replevin); 11-38-1 et seq. (claim and delivery); and 11-43-1 et seq. (habeas corpus)."

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Comments

The lack of procedural guidance in Rule 64 8s best explained in its comments.

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