Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 25 > Chapter 12 - Veteran's Unclaimed Cremated Remains

• 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.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• 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.
• clerk: as used in this title , signifies the clerk of the court where the action is pending and, in the Supreme Court or the court of appeals, the clerk of the county mentioned in the title of the complaint or in another county to which the court may have changed the place of trial, unless otherwise specified. See South Carolina Code 15-1-60
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Coroner: means the person defined in § 17-5-5(3). See South Carolina Code 25-12-20
• 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.
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Disposition: means disposal of cremated remains by placement in a tomb, mausoleum, crypt, columbarium, or by burial in a cemetery. See South Carolina Code 25-12-20
• 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.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• mortuary: means as defined in § 40-19-20. See South Carolina Code 25-12-20
• National cemetery: means a cemetery under the control of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration. See South Carolina Code 25-12-20
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• 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.
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• property: as used in this Title , includes both real and personal property. See South Carolina Code 15-1-50
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Veteran: means a person who has:
  
  (a) served on active duty in the uniformed military services of the United States;
  
  (b) served on active duty in the National Guard or any organized state militia; or
  
  (c) served in the reserve components of the uniformed military services of the United States on active duty; and
  
  (d) was released from this service other than by dishonorable discharge. See South Carolina Code 25-12-20