Missouri Laws 443.220 – Who may be made parties
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 443.220
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
Any person claiming an interest in the mortgaged property or collateral may, on motion, be made defendant to the proceedings, and may answer in avoidance or bar of the deed, security agreement, or debt or damages and issue shall be made and tried as in other civil suits.