Terms Used In Missouri Laws 483.175

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.

Whenever the attorney general or prosecuting attorney shall be required to prosecute charges against any clerk, he shall make out each charge in due form, and cause a copy thereof to be served on him, together with a notice requiring him to appear before the court, on some day in term time, to be specified in such notice, and answer the said charges.