Terms Used In Missouri Laws 249.690

  • En banc: In the bench or "full bench." Refers to court sessions with the entire membership of a court participating rather than the usual quorum. U.S. courts of appeals usually sit in panels of three judges, but may expand to a larger number in certain cases. They are then said to be sitting en banc.
  • hereafter: means the time after the statute containing it takes effect. See Missouri Laws 1.020

In any county in which the circuit court now consists or shall hereafter consist of more than one division, presided over by a circuit judge, the word “court” as used in sections 249.670 to 249.700 shall mean the circuit judges of the court sitting as a court en banc and the decision of a majority of the circuit judges thereof shall be controlling with respect to the provisions of sections 249.670 to 249.700. In any county in which there are now or hereafter shall exist more than one district to which sections 249.670 to 249.700 are or shall become applicable, the governor shall appoint the same liquidator for all such districts in such county.