Missouri Laws 532.260 – Judge shall appear in person, when
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 532.260
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
If no examination shall have been filed with the commitment, or filed in the office of the clerk of the court, as required by law, and none be produced by the committing judge, upon the exhibition of the writ of habeas corpus to him, as provided in section 532.250, such judge shall appear in person, at the time and place to which the writ is returnable, and if he fail to do so may be proceeded against by attachment.