Terms Used In Missouri Laws 491.360

  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

When any cause shall be continued by the associate circuit judge, it shall be his duty forthwith to call before him all witnesses summoned in the cause, and verbally notify such as may attend to appear before him, to testify in the cause, on the day set for trial, which verbal notice shall be in all respects as valid as a summons; and the associate circuit judge shall enter in his record the fact of notice and the names of the witnesses notified. No summons shall thereafter issue to any witness notified as directed.