Duration of continuance

O.C.G.A. § 17-8-37, under CONTINUANCES.

O.C.G.A. § 17-8-37

When a court grants a continuance of a pending case for whatever cause, the continuance shall extend until the next term of court only. History. — Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 486; Code 1863, § 3448; Code 1868, § 3468; Code 1873, § 3519; Code 1882, § 3519; Civil Code 1895, § 5126; Civil Code 1910, § 5710; Code 1933, § 81-1401.