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Terms Used In Iowa Code 663.40

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
663.40 Plaintiff retained in custody.
Until the sufficiency of the cause of restraint is determined, the defendant may retain the plaintiff in the defendant’s custody, and may use all necessary and proper means for that purpose.
[C51, §2250; R60, §3838; C73, §3487; C97, §4455; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12507; C46, 50, 54,
58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §663.40]
Referred to in §822.1