Missouri Laws 532.110 – Writ not to be disobeyed — how endorsed
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 532.110
- Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
Such writs shall not be disobeyed for any defect of form; and anyone who shall be served therewith shall be deemed to be the person to whom it is directed, although it may be directed to him by a wrong name or description, or to another person; and to the end that no person may pretend ignorance therein, every writ of habeas corpus, issued under the provisions of this chapter, shall be endorsed with these words: “By the habeas corpus act”.