Terms Used In Missouri Laws 532.530

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

Obedience to any order for the discharge of a prisoner, granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, may be enforced by the court granting such order, by attachment, in the same manner as herein provided in cases of failure to make return to a writ of habeas corpus, and with like effect in all respects.