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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 506.050 (2026)

Order of court and motion defined

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  506.050.  Order of court and motion defined. — Every direction of a court or judge, made or entered in writing and not included in a judgment, is denominated an order, and an application for an order is a motion.

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(RSMo 1939 § 1238)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1072; 1919 § 1523; 1909 § 2092

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1957–2021 · leading case: McMillan v. Wells, 924 S.W.2d 33 (Mo. Ct. App. 1996).
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McMillan v. Wells, 924 S.W.2d 33 (Mo. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 3× “Section 506.050, RSMo 1994 states that “[e]very direction of a court or judge, made or entered in writing and not included in a judgment, is denominated an order, and an application for an order is a motion.”
Brock v. Blackwood, 143 S.W.3d 47 (Mo. Ct. App. 2004). “Every direction of the court or a judge, made or entered in writing and not included in a judgment, is denominated an order, and an application for an order is a motion.”
Sw. Forest Indus., Inc. v. Loehr Emp. Serv. of Kansas City, Inc., 543 S.W.2d 322 (Mo. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 2× “02 and § 506.050 RSMo 1969. Certainly the language of Rule 74.”
State ex rel. State High. Comm'n v. Smith, 303 S.W.2d 120 (Mo. 1957). “” § 506.050. Under this statute a “motion” calls for an “order” only, not a judgment, and defendants were not entitled to a final judgment against themselves on the motion.”
Landreth v. Gan, 647 S.W.2d 932 (Mo. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “§ 506.050, RSMo 1978; Rule 74.02. . No transcript was filed.”
Karen Coburn v. Kramer & Frank, P.C., 627 S.W.3d 18 (Mo. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 4× “3 Request appears to be the only such request filed in the Collection Case, and thus, it does not appear that MSD requested the appointment of anyone other than Post as special process server. Pursuant to the Local Rule 14.”
Landreth v. Comm'r, 73 T.C.M. 2536 (Tax Ct. 1997). “020 (West 1952). An order is every direction of a court or judge, made or entered in writing and not included in a judgment.”
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