Writ not to be disobeyed - how endorsed.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 532.110
in effect532.110. Writ not to be disobeyed — how endorsed. — 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".
(RSMo 1939 § 1598) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1434; 1919 § 1884; 1909 § 2449
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