A married woman may purchase any species of property in her own name and take proper legal conveyances therefor and may bind herself by contract in the same manner and to the same extent as though she were unmarried. All such contracts shall be legal and obligatory and may be enforced at law or in equity by or against such married woman in her own name, apart from her husband.
S.C. Code Ann. § 20-5-10
Powers of wife as to property and contracts generally
1962 Code SECTION 20-201; 1952 Code SECTION 20-201; 1942 Code SECTION 8575; 1932 Code SECTION 8575; Civ
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