Missouri Laws 532.240 – Papers relating to commitment returned with writ
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 532.240
- 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.
When the party for whose benefit a writ of habeas corpus shall have been issued shall stand committed for any criminal or supposed criminal matter, it shall be the duty of the officer or person upon whom the writ was served to bring with the writ all and every examination and information in his hands, possession, custody or charge, relating to the commitment.