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O.C.G.A. § 15-6-5 Restrictions on practice of law
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Following their election, the judges of the superior courts are prohibited from practicing law in any of the courts of this state, provided that they may practice until their qualification in any case in which they may have been actually employed before their election. They are al…
O.C.G.A. § 15-6-6 Oath of judges
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Before entering on the duties of their office, superior court judges must take the oath required of all civil officers and in addition they must take the following oath: ‘‘I swear that I will administer justice without respect to person and do equal rights to the poor and the ric…
O.C.G.A. § 15-6-7 Effect of attachment of county to different judicial circuit
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A person who has been elected a judge of the superior courts of any circuit cannot be deprived of his office by attachment of the county in which he resides to a different judicial circuit; such person may continue to discharge the duties of his office as though he resided in the…
O.C.G.A. § 15-6-8 Jurisdiction and powers of superior courts
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The superior courts have authority: (1) To exercise original, exclusive, or concurrent jurisdiction, as the case may be, of all causes, both civil and criminal, granted to them by the Constitution and laws; (2) To exercise the powers of a court of equity; (3) To exercise appellat…