South Carolina § 14-5-720 - Continuing general sessions term in seventh circuit.
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§ 14-5-720. Continuing general sessions term in seventh circuit.
If the business of the court of general sessions is not concluded at the end of any week, except the second week in January at Spartanburg, the petit jury drawn for that term of the sessions court shall be continued for the next week or until the business of the sessions court is completed.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 15-276; 1952 Code SECTION 15-276; 1942 Code SECTION 57; 1932 Code SECTIONS 57, 987; Civ. P. '22 SECTIONS 55, 78; Civ. P. '12 SECTION 24; Civ. P. '02 SECTION 24; 1889 (20) 359; 1896 (22) 25; 1898 (22) 685; 1899 (23) 35; 1906 (25) 48, 49; 1908 (25) 1011; 1913 (28) 30; 1914 (28) 602; 1916 (29) 695; 1917 (30) 137; 1919 (31) 186; 1922 (32) 815; 1931 (37) 256; 1933 (38) 189; 1934 (38) 1240; 1935 (39) 405; 1937 (40) 106; 1941 (42) 118.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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