Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXXVI. Statutory Actions and Torts § 528.700. Citation of law--definitions

(1)“Ascendant”, an individual who precedes another individual in lineage, in the direct line of ascent from the other individual;

(2)“Collateral”, an individual who is related to another individual under the law of intestate succession of this state but who is not the other individual's ascendant or descendant;

(3)“Descendant”, an individual who follows another individual in lineage, in the direct line of descent from the other individual;

(4)“Determination of value”, a court order determining the fair market value of heirs' property under section 528.720 or 528.740 or adopting the valuation of the property agreed to by all cotenants;

(5)“Heirs' property”, real property held in tenancy in common that satisfies all of the following requirements as of the filing of a partition action:

(6)“Partition by sale”, a court-ordered sale of the entire heirs' property, whether by auction, sealed bids, or open-market sale conducted under section 528.740;

(7)“Partition in kind”, the division of heirs' property into physically distinct and separately titled parcels;

(8)“Record”, information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form;

(9)“Relative”, an ascendant, descendant, or collateral or an individual otherwise related to another individual by blood, marriage, adoption, or law of this state other than the provisions of sections 528.700 to 528.750.