Missouri Laws 231.100 – Officials authorized to make settlement for damages
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 231.100
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
Whenever the construction or operation by any person, firm, corporation or association of any power, or a hydroelectric project results in the inundation of roads other than state highways, the county commission or proper officers of the political subdivision, having jurisdiction of such roads, are hereby authorized to make settlement therefor, and all money received therefrom shall be placed to the credit of the road fund of such county or political subdivision as the case may be.