Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 5 > Chapter 39 > Article 5 - Commissions for Certain Cities of 20,000 and Above

• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• authorities: shall mean the county board of commissioners or other board or body to which is delegated the administrative duties of the particular county; and
  
  (2) The term "authorized purpose" shall mean any purpose for which the particular county might, under the applicable constitutional provisions, issue bonds or levy taxes. See South Carolina Code 4-15-20
• 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.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• 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.