If any person shall refuse or neglect to perform any lawful order, sentence or decree of a probate court, such court may issue a warrant, directed to any sheriff or constable in the State, requiring him to apprehend and imprison such person in the common jail of the county or, if there be no jail in the county, then in the jail of the adjoining county, until he shall perform such order, sentence or decree or be delivered by due course of law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 14-23-320
Power to commit to jail for refusal or neglect to perform order, sentence, or decree of court
1962 Code SECTION 15-452; 1952 Code SECTION 15-452; 1942 Code SECTION 218; 1932 Code SECTION 218; Civ
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