§ 15-63-10 Provisions of chapter are in lieu of scire facias and quo warranto
§ 15-63-60 Action against usurpers, for forfeiture of office or against persons acting as corporation
§ 15-63-70 Action to vacate or annul letters patent
§ 15-63-80 One action may be brought against several persons claiming office or franchise
§ 15-63-90 Joining of relator as plaintiff
§ 15-63-100 Security for costs
§ 15-63-110 Complaint and arrest of defendant in action for usurping office
§ 15-63-120 Judgment in action for usurping office
§ 15-63-130 Assumption of office by relator, when judgment is in his favor
§ 15-63-140 Proceedings against usurping defendant on refusal to deliver books or papers to relator
§ 15-63-150 Recovery of damages from usurper
§ 15-63-160 Judgment of exclusion from office or franchise; penalty for usurpation
§ 15-63-170 Judgment of forfeiture against corporation
§ 15-63-180 Costs against corporation or persons claiming to be such
§ 15-63-190 Restraining corporation; appointment of receiver
§ 15-63-200 Filing judgment roll against corporation or vacating letters patent
§ 15-63-210 Entry of judgment relating to letters patent; disposition of realty
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 15 > Chapter 63 - Quo Warranto and Scire Facias

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Aircraft: means any contrivance, used or designed for navigation or flight through the air. See South Carolina Code 12-37-2410
  • Airline company: means any person who undertakes, directly or indirectly, to engage in the regularly scheduled transportation by aircraft of persons or property for hire in interstate, intrastate or international transportation. See South Carolina Code 12-37-2410
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Company: shall be deemed and construed to mean any person, copartnership, association, corporation, or syndicate that may own or operate, or be engaged in operating, furnishing, or leasing cars, as defined and described in this section, whether formed or organized under the laws of this State or any other State or territory. See South Carolina Code 12-37-2110
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the South Carolina Department of Revenue. See South Carolina Code 12-37-2410
  • Department: means the South Carolina Department of Revenue. See South Carolina Code 12-37-2110
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • individual: means a human being. See South Carolina Code 12-2-20
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • person: includes any individual, trust, estate, partnership, receiver, association, company, limited liability company, corporation, or other entity or group; and

    (2) "individual" means a human being. See South Carolina Code 12-2-20
  • Person: means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, company or association, and includes a guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, receiver, conservator or any person acting in a fiduciary capacity therefor. See South Carolina Code 12-37-2410
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Private car: includes a passenger car, sleeping car, dining car, express car, refrigerator car, oil or tank car, horse or stock car, fruit car, or any car designed for the carrying of a special commodity, operated upon the railroads in this State. See South Carolina Code 12-37-2110
  • property: as used in this Title , includes both real and personal property. See South Carolina Code 15-1-50
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.