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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 476.090

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

Each court may enforce, by attachment, the return of any writ or process sent out of the same court, and the payment of any moneys had and received by any sheriff, marshal, coroner, constable, attorney or collector, in his official capacity, and the delivery of papers entrusted to him officially and unlawfully withheld.