The court issuing any writ of mandamus may allow the person to whom such writ shall be directed, or other person who shall sue out or prosecute the same, such convenient time, respectively, to make return, plead, answer, reply or direct a motion to a pleading, as to the court shall seem just and reasonable.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 529.100
Time allowed for making return and pleadings
Effective: 28 Aug 1949; (RSMo 1939 § 1705, A. 1949 H.B. 2130); Prior revisions: 1929 § 1541; 1919 § 1991; 1909 § 2555
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.