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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 535.050

  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020

When the property is held by a written lease containing a clause declaring the lease forfeited for the nonpayment of rent for a specified time, no process shall issue against the lessee or other person occupying the premises, until the expiration of said specified time.