Missouri Laws 701.324 – Right to maintain suit not affected — local standards may be enforced
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 701.324
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
Nothing in sections 701.300 to 701.324 shall be interpreted or applied in any manner to defeat or impair the right of any person, entity, municipality or other political subdivision to maintain an action or suit for damages sustained or for equitable relief, or for violation of an ordinance by reason of or in connection with any violation of sections 701.300 to 701.330. Sections 701.300 to 701.338 shall not prohibit any city, village, township or other political subdivision from enacting and enforcing ordinances establishing a system of lead poisoning control which provides the same or higher standards than those set forth in sections 701.300 to 701.338.