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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Official code index page",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina Code of Laws Title 16 index page is available at https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/title16.php showing chapters 1 through 19",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina Code of Laws - Chapter 17, Article 1, Section 16-17-10: Barratry statute",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina has a 'Barratry prohibited' statute at Section 16-17-10 covering wilful solicitation to bring actions with intent to distress or harass",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina Code of Laws - Chapter 15, Article 1, Section 16-15-10: bigamy statute",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina has a bigamy statute at Section 16-15-10 criminalizing remarriage while first spouse is living under certain conditions",
      "body": "South Carolina has a bigamy statute at Section 16-15-10 criminalizing remarriage while first spouse is living under certain conditions\n\nWhat South Carolina Legislative Council actually says:\n\n“SECTION 16-15-10. Bigamy.Any person who is married who shall marry another person shall, unless:(1) His or her husband or wife has remained continually for seven years beyond the sea or continually absented himself or herself from such person for the space of seven years together, such person not knowing his or her wife or husband to be living within that time;(2) He or she was married before the age of consent;(3) His or her wife or husband is under sentence of imprisonment for life; or(4) His or her marriage has been annulled or he or she has been divorced by decree of a competent tribunal having jurisdiction both of the cause and the parties;On conviction, be punished by imprisonment in t”",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina Code of Laws - Chapter 19, Article 1, Section 16-19-10: lotteries statute",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina has a lotteries statute at Section 16-19-10 criminalizing setting up lotteries",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina Code of Laws - Chapter 11, Article 1, Section 16-11-10: property offenses statute",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina has property offenses statute at Section 16-11-10 covering general provisions for offenses against property",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina Code of Laws - Chapter 13, Article 1, Section 16-13-10: forgery and larceny statute",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina has forgery, larceny, embezzlement, false pretenses and cheats statute at Section 16-13-10",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina Code of Laws - Chapter 14, Section 16-14-10: financial transaction card crime statute",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina has financial transaction card crime statute at Section 16-14-10 covering definitions for card crimes",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina Code of Laws - Chapter 16, Article 1, Section 16-16-10: computer crime act",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina has computer crime act at Section 16-16-10 covering definitions for computer crimes",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina Code of Laws: legal_index",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The South Carolina Code of Laws is published online by the South Carolina Legislative Council and contains sixty-three titles.",
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      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina law allows a person who is not acting under color of law to record a wire, oral, or electronic communication if they are a party to the communication or if one of the parties has given prior consent.",
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      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] It is unlawful in South Carolina to wilfully, maliciously, and indecently expose one's person in a public place, on the property of others, or to the view of any person on a street or highway.",
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