Terms Used In Missouri Laws 532.480

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.

If the prisoner be held to answer for a bailable offense, the court shall determine in what sum bail shall be given, and shall cause the prisoner to enter into a recognizance, with sufficient sureties, which recognizance shall be taken, certified and returned as provided by law in like cases; and if the prisoner does not give the required bail, the court shall make an order remanding him, and shall, by such order, designate the sum in which bail shall be taken, and the court at which he is required to appear, and that, on such bail being entered into, in conformity with such order and the provisions of law, the prisoner shall be discharged.

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