South Carolina § 27-11-60 - Grants, deeds and the like before August 20, 1731 shall not be impeached for certain causes.
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§ 27-11-60. Grants, deeds and the like before August 20, 1731 shall not be impeached for certain causes.
No grant, deed of feoffment, deed or bargain and sale, deed of gift or other conveyance of any lands or tenements whatsoever made prior to August 20, 1731 shall be impeached or set aside in any court of law or equity for want of attornment or of livery and seizin or enrollment thereof or because such conveyance has been made by way of assignment or endorsement on such deed or grant without other ceremony, nor for any other defect in the form or in the manner of the execution of such deed or grant or of the endorsement or assignment thereof, either by the first grantor or in any of the mesne conveyances derived therefrom, if the right was or would have been in the person conveying if such defects had not happened in the form of such grants, deeds or conveyances or in the manner of the execution of them as aforesaid.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 57-56; 1952 Code SECTION 57-56; 1942 Code SECTION 8685; 1932 Code SECTION 8685; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 5207; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 3444; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 2358; G. S. 1766; R. S. 1876; 1731 (3) 302; 1712 (2) 434.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 27-11-60 ("Grants, deeds and the like before August 20, 1731 shall not be impeached for certain causes.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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