Terms Used In Missouri Laws 40.310

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020

Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who resists apprehension or breaks arrest or who escapes from physical custody, restraint, or confinement lawfully imposed shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.