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This bill amends Mississippi law to allow for an appeal bond to be set for nonmonetary judgments, which are judgments that do not involve a specific sum of money, such as court orders to perform or refrain from certain actions. Previously, appeal bonds were primarily for monetary judgments. Under this new provision, if a party is appealing a nonmonetary judgment, they can be required to post a bond. This bond amount will be based on the estimated monetary injury that the opposing party would suffer during the appeal process, as proven by a "preponderance of the evidence" (meaning it's more likely than not true) in a court hearing. The bond will be set at the amount of this estimated injury, but it cannot exceed 50% of the appellant's (the party appealing) net worth, and it will not go higher than $35 million. This change aims to provide financial protection to the party who won the original judgment while the appeal is ongoing, even when the judgment isn't a straightforward payment of money.

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