Terms Used In Missouri Laws 512.210

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

If an application for trial de novo is timely filed and a bond be given and approved and, in the meantime, execution shall have been issued, the associate circuit judge shall give the applicant a certificate that an application for trial de novo in the cause has been allowed and bond given, and on presentation of such certificate to the sheriff, he shall forthwith release the property of the defendant that may have been taken in execution.