Missouri Laws 545.480 – Additional affidavit, when made
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 545.480
- Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
If the defendant will, in addition to the oath requisite in ordinary and timely applications, swear that the facts on which he grounds his application have first come to his knowledge since the last preceding continuance of the cause, the court may grant a change of venue, although such application be made at a term subsequent to that at which the prisoner was likely to be arraigned.