Terms Used In South Carolina Code 31-19-40

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • 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.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
The State and any of its departments, institutions and agencies, any political subdivision or district of the State, any political or public corporation of the State or of the United States, any insurance company, building and loan association, bank, trust company or other financial institution operating or doing business in the State or under the laws of this State or the United States, any national bank or the receiver of any bank, trust company, building and loan association or other financial institution operating under the laws of this State or of the United States or any executor, administrator, committee, guardian, conservator, trustee or other fiduciary may invest his funds or the moneys in his custody or possession available for investment in bonds of the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, a corporation created or organized pursuant to an act of Congress of the United States of America known as the "Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1933," or to exchange for bonds issued by such corporation home mortgages and other obligations and liens secured by real estate, including the interest of a vendor under a purchase money mortgage or contract and any other obligation or claim for which homes or other real estate may be subjected to payment, whether authorized heretofore or not.