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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 544.520

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.

If in such case the accused shall be held to answer for the offense, it shall be the duty of the associate circuit judge to make out a certificate of the name, occupation and place of abode of the prosecutor, and return the same, with the recognizance of such prisoner, to the proper county.