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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 29-5-190

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
The court in which the petition is entered shall order notice to be given to the owner of the building or structure, that he may appear and answer thereto at a certain day in the same term or at the next term, by serving him with an attested copy of the petition, with the order of the court thereon, fourteen days at least before the time assigned for the hearing. And the court shall also order notice of the filing of the petition to be given to all other creditors who have a lien of the same kind upon the same estate by serving them with a copy of the last-mentioned order in like manner.