Terms Used In Missouri Laws 388.630

  • 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

The rights of persons arrested by railroad policemen shall be carefully respected and such persons shall be taken before the court having jurisdiction of the crime whereof the person arrested is charged, there to be dealt with according to law.