Terms Used In Missouri Laws 513.215

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • real estate: as used in this chapter shall be construed to include all estate and interest in lands, tenements and hereditaments, including a manufactured home as defined in section 700. See Missouri Laws 513.010

If any defendant shall die after his real estate shall have been seized on execution, the service thereof shall not be completed, but the sheriff shall return the execution, together with the fact of the defendant’s death, which shall be a sufficient indemnity to him for his failure to proceed.