South Carolina § 14-5-680 - Designation of terms in fifth circuit.
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§ 14-5-680. Designation of terms in fifth circuit.
The courts held under the provisions of Section 14-5-670 in the fifth circuit during the first four months of the year shall be known as the spring term of the court of general sessions and the spring term of the court of common pleas, during the next four months as the summer terms of said courts and during the last four months as the fall terms of said courts. And the two sessions of the court of common pleas therein appointed for Richland County during the spring term and the two sessions of said court for Richland County herein appointed during the fall term shall be known as the first and second sessions, respectively, of such terms.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 15-270; 1952 Code SECTION 15-270; 1942 Code SECTION 55; 1932 Code SECTIONS 55, 986; Civ. P. '22 SECTIONS 53, 77; Civ. P. '12 SECTION 22; Civ. P. '02 SECTION 22; 1877 (16) 299; 1896 (22) 24; 1899 (23) 33; 1910 (26) 541; 1912 (27) 768; 1913 (28) 13; 1915 (29) 175; 1919 (31) 18; 1922 (32) 799; 1924 (33) 933; 1926 (34) 991, 999; 1938 (40) 1918; 1939 (41) 424; 1940 (41) 1699; 1941 (42) 118; 1948 (45) 1781.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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