Terms Used In Missouri Laws 521.020

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.

An attachment may issue on a demand not yet due in any of the cases mentioned in section 521.010, except subdivisions (1), (2), (3) and (4), but no judgment shall be rendered against the defendant until the maturity of the demand.