Missouri Laws 491.330 – Associate circuit judge may order witness attached, when
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 491.330
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of the associate circuit judge that any person duly subpoenaed to appear before him in a suit shall have failed without just cause to attend as a witness in conformity to such subpoena, and the party in whose behalf the subpoena was issued, or his attorney, shall make oath that the testimony of such witness is material, the associate circuit judge shall have power to issue an attachment to compel the attendance of such witness.