Missouri Laws 491.370 – Cost of surplus witnesses paid by whom
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 491.370
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
If either party subpoena more than three witnesses to prove any one fact, or shall subpoena any person or persons and not examine them as witnesses on the trial, he shall pay the costs occasioned by such surplus or unnecessary witness or witnesses, unless the testimony of such unexamined witnesses shall be rendered unnecessary by admissions of the opposite party on the trial.