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Section 14-7-260. Number of jurors to be drawn and summoned.

SC Code § 14-7-260 (2019) (N/A)
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Except as otherwise expressly provided, the jury commissioners shall draw and summon at least seventy-five persons to serve as petit jurors to attend at one and the same time at any court. The chief administrative judge or the presiding judge of that circuit may increase or decrease the number of jurors drawn and summoned if he considers it necessary; however, at least seventy-five jurors must be drawn and summoned.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-68; 1952 Code Section 38-68; 1942 Code Section 616; 1932 Code Section 616; Civ. P. '22 Section 556; Civ. C. '12 Section 4025; 1902 (23) 1066; 1953 (48) 45; 1976 Code Section 14-7-300; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 18, Section 2, eff April 22, 1993.

Editor's Note

Prior Laws: Former Section 14-7-260 was titled Drawings in counties containing a city of more than 70,000, and had the following history: 1962 Code Section 38-64; 1952 Code Section 38-64; 1942 Code Section 611; 1932 Code Section 611; Civ. P. '22 Section 551; Civ. C. '12 Section 4020; 1902 (23) 1066; 1939 (41) 27; 1941 (42) 22, 70; 1943 (43) 263; omitted by 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1.

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