§ 317.001 Definitions
§ 317.006 Director to supervise professional boxing, sparring, wrestling, karate, and ..
§ 317.011 Athletic fund, source of funds — director only to license certain contests, ..
§ 317.012 Licenses not issued for “ultimate fighting”, definition
§ 317.013 Mandatory medical suspensions, determination — medically retired persons
§ 317.014 Injunction, who may apply, when — activities subject to injunction — action ..
§ 317.015 Complaints against licensees, filed with administrative hearing commission ..
§ 317.016 Director to appoint necessary administrative personnel — compensation and ..
§ 317.017 Participants, required minimum age — surety bond requirements — elbow and ..
§ 317.018 Combative fighting prohibited — promotion or participation in combative ..
§ 317.019 Bout contracts required, when — contents, changes — payment of event ..
§ 317.021 Violation of law, misdemeanor

Terms Used In Missouri Laws > Chapter 317 - Boxing and Wrestling

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
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  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
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  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Incompetent: if used in a section in a context relating to actual occupational ability without reference to a court adjudication of incompetency, means the actual ability of a person to perform in that occupation. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
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