Statutes, codes, and regulations
Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976
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

S.C. Code § 15-75-10

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Current through 2024 Act No. 209.
Section 15-75-10 - Imputation of want of chastity to female

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.

S.C. Code § 15-75-10

1995 Act No. 104, Section 2; 1824 (6) 236; R. S. 2308; G. S. 2179; Civ. C. '02 Section 2838; Civ. C. '12 Section 3941; Civ. C. '22 Section 5595; 1932 Code Section 8659; 1942 Code Section 8659; 1952 Code Section 10-2591; 1962 Code Section 10-2591.