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2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures
CHAPTER 75 - SUITS INVOLVING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS OF WRONGFUL CONDUCT
Section 15-75-10. Imputation of want of chastity to female.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 15-75-10 (2017)
If any person shall utter and publish, either by writing or verbally, any words of and concerning any female imputing to her a want of chastity, the person so uttering and publishing such words shall be liable for damages in a civil action brought by the female of whom the words may be uttered and published, without proving any special damage, subject, nevertheless, to the rules of evidence.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-2591; 1952 Code Section 10-2591; 1942 Code Section 8659; 1932 Code Section 8659; Civ. C. '22 Section 5595; Civ. C. '12 Section 3941; Civ. C. '02 Section 2838; G. S. 2179; R. S. 2308; 1824 (6) 236; 1995 Act No. 104, Section 2.
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