{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-7-220","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 17-7-220","heading":"Oath of witnesses.","body":"The witnesses examined upon the inquest shall be sworn as follows, by the coroner, who may administer the oath, that is to say: \"The evidence you shall give to this inquest concerning the death of A B, here lying dead, shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So help you God.\"","path":["Title 17 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURES","CHAPTER 7 Autopsies and Inquest on the Dead","ARTICLE 1 Autopsies, Preliminary Examinations, and Inquests"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t17c007.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:45:44Z","sha256":"42ee9979f36765db2e488a7ee298cbec6014cd5d80cd507eeb7d4c872b58add9","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-7-210","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-7-230"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}