Missouri Laws 532.590 – Custody of prisoner granted officer holding attachment for derelict officer
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 532.590
- 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.
The court by whom such attachment shall be awarded may also issue a precept to the same sheriff, or other person to whom such attachment shall be directed, commanding him to bring forthwith before such court the party for whose benefit such writ of habeas corpus shall have been allowed, who shall thereafter remain in the custody of the sheriff or person executing such precept, until he shall be discharged, bailed or remanded, as such court shall direct.