South Carolina Statutes
§ 15-75-10 — Imputation of want of chastity to female.
South Carolina·Title 15 CIVIL REMEDIES AND PROCEDURES·Ch. 75 SUITS INVOLVING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS OF WRONGFUL CONDUCT
If any person shall utter and publish, either by writing or verbally, any words of and concerning any female imputing to her a want of chastity, the person so uttering and publishing such words shall be liable for damages in a civil action brought by the female of whom the words may be uttered and published, without proving any special damage, subject, nevertheless, to the rules of evidence.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 10-2591; 1952 Code SECTION 10-2591; 1942 Code SECTION 8659; 1932 Code SECTION 8659; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 5595; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 3941; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 2838; G. S. 2179; R. S. 2308; 1824 (6) 236; 1995 Act No. 104, SECTION 2.
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