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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 5-39-240

  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
Any such commission may receive by gift, devise, bequest or settlement in trust any sum of money from any person turned over to it in trust to be invested and the income used in the upkeep and care of any grave or graves as may be then or thereafter designated by the person turning such fund over to it.