Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 37-105

  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
  • Residence: means the place which is adopted by a person as the person's place of habitation and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.

The senate shall appoint a day for hearing the impeachment, and the accused shall be required by a summons issued by the secretary of the senate to appear on that day. The summons shall be served by delivering a copy of the same and of the articles of impeachment to the accused in person, if to be found, or leaving the copies at his residence, with some member of his family over sixteen years of age.