Missouri Laws 476.800 – Definitions
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As used in sections 476.800 to 476.806, the following terms mean:
(1) “Appointing authority”, any court required to provide an interpreter;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 476.800
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Court proceeding”, any proceeding before a court of record;
(3) “Non-English speaking person”, any person involved in a legal proceeding who cannot readily speak or understand the English language, but does not include persons who are deaf or have a hearing disability;
(4) “Qualified interpreter”, an impartial and unbiased person who is readily able to render a complete and accurate interpretation or translation of spoken and written English for non-English speaking persons and of non-English oral or written statements into spoken English.