Missouri Laws 483.130 – Courts to direct filing of papers
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 483.130
- 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.
- Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
Subject to other provisions of law, the provisions of supreme court rule and the supervisory jurisdiction of the supreme court, the courts, respectively, shall, by rule, direct the pleadings and other papers to be filed in such form and in such places as the court shall determine to best serve the citizenry, and shall direct their clerks in making up the rolls of the judgments rendered.