Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 15 > Chapter 11 - Notice of Lis Pendens

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• clerk: as used in this title , signifies the clerk of the court where the action is pending and, in the Supreme Court or the court of appeals, the clerk of the county mentioned in the title of the complaint or in another county to which the court may have changed the place of trial, unless otherwise specified. See South Carolina Code 15-1-60
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• property: as used in this Title , includes both real and personal property. See South Carolina Code 15-1-50
• real estate: as used in this Title are coextensive with lands, tenements and hereditaments. See South Carolina Code 15-1-30