Terms Used In Missouri Laws 521.040

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • 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.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

Attachments may issue from circuit courts for a sum less than fifty dollars and not less than five dollars, when, in addition to the affidavit herein required, it shall be stated by the affiant that the defendant has not, to affiant’s knowledge, any goods, chattels, effects or credits, within the state, liable to attachment issued by an associate circuit judge. And in all cases where such attachment shall have issued, such court shall have and retain jurisdiction of the entire cause, and if the attachment is for any reason dissolved, such court may proceed to try the cause on its merits, the same as in cases of attachments for sums of fifty dollars or more.

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