In all cases of default when it may be necessary to have the verdict of a jury or in the trial of cases when the parties or their attorneys shall waive the right to strike a jury, the clerk shall, under the direction of the judge, draw and impanel a jury who shall pass upon those matters as may be submitted to it in default cases or the trial of those cases when the parties have waived the right to strike the jury.
S.C. Code § 14-7-1090
Provisions as to the manner of drawing a jury panel of twenty, which formerly appeared in this section, can now be found in Section 14-7-1060.