Missouri Laws 521.440 – Powers of the attorney under section 521.430
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 521.440
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
The person appointed attorney, as directed, shall, as long as his appointment continues in force, be deemed, to all intents and purposes, the representative of the decedent, and shall have the same power to file pleadings, order process, or take any other steps in the defense, as the decedent would have were he living.