Missouri Laws 21.410 – Writs and process may be issued
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 21.410
- Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement
- 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.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
Each house, or both houses in joint meeting, may cause to be issued necessary writs and process to summon and compel any person charged with any offense, whereof they have jurisdiction, to appear before them or any committee, and carry into execution their orders and sentences, and to summon and compel the attendance of witnesses in as full a manner as any court of law, and with like effect.