Terms Used In Missouri Laws 521.450

  • 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.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020

If judgment shall be rendered on the attachment in favor of the plaintiff, as provided in section 521.430, no execution shall issue thereon, requiring the sale of any property or effects attached, as belonging to the defendant; but all such property and effects shall be sold, and the proceeds thereof appropriated in the manner provided by law respecting administrators and executors.