With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". may separately encumber his interest in property and such encumbrance binds only the cotenant’s interest in the property. Id. The property was owned by the plaintiff and his ex-wife at the time the lien was recorded, and the lien specifically stated it was placed against the property of both of them. Id. This court found “[w]hile it may be true that, had the lien been foreclosed and the property sold, the lien could have been satisfied only through the [ex-w]ife’s interest in the property, the lien nonetheless attached to the property as whole and affected the value of the property as a whole.” Id. “All pleadings shall be so construed as to do substantial justice to all parties.” Rule 8(f), SCRCP; see also Russell v. City of Columbia, 305 S.C. 86, 89, 406 S.E.2d 338, 340 (1991) (<HOLDING>). “[Technical, restrictive or outmoded

A: holding that pleadings under the rico act are to be liberally construed
B: holding that pro se pleadings will be liberally construed
C: holding to ensure substantial justice to the parties the pleadings must be liberally construed
D: holding that pro se pleadings are to be liberally construed
C.