Missouri Laws 542.120 – Recognizance forfeited on failure to prosecute appeal
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 542.120
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
When any person shall have taken an appeal, under the provisions of sections 542.020 to 542.140, and fails to appear, the court shall forfeit his recognizance, and order it to be prosecuted, unless reasonable excuse for the default be shown.