Terms Used In South Carolina Code 17-7-200

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
A coroner may, if he deems it necessary, adjourn the jury, either from day to day or to any other day and place, to receive evidence, binding the jurors severally by one recognizance, in such amount as he shall think fit, for their appearance. Such recognizance may be estreated as to any conusor for default by the court of general sessions.