SECTION 19-5-20. Notice required under Section 19-5-10.

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In case of possession of such paper by any adverse party or his agent or attorney no such paper shall be received in evidence unless two days' notice shall have been given to such adverse party or his attorney that a certified copy thereof will be offered in evidence unless the original be produced as required in such notice. But the time of giving notice herein to any such adverse party, his agent or attorney, may be lessened by the officer presiding at trial in which such certified copy may be offered.

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SECTION 19-5-20. Notice required under Section 19-5-10. · S.C. Code Ann. § 19-5-20 | Frix