Any attorney, solicitor or counsellor may be removed or suspended who shall be guilty of any deceit, malpractice or misbehavior, but not until a copy of the charges against him shall have been delivered to him by the clerk of the court in which the proceedings shall be had and an opportunity shall have been given him of being heard in his defense. HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 56-152; 1952 Code Section 56-152; 1942 Code Section 323; 1932 Code Section 323; Civ. P. '22 Section 279; Civ. C. '12 Section 3919; Civ. C. '02 Section 2816; G. S. 2164; R. S. 2292; 1868 (14) 97.
South Carolina Legal Code