16 chapters · 665 sections in this title.
O.C.G.A. § 9-1-1 Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act
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(a) This Code section shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act.” (b) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “Law” includes a statute, judicial decision or order, rule of court, executive order, and administrative rule, regulation, or order. (2…
O.C.G.A. § 9-2-1 Definitions
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As used in this title, the term: (1) “Action” means the judicial means of enforcing a right. (2) “Civil action” means an action founded on private rights, arising either from contract or tort. (3) “Penal action” means an action allowed in pursuance of public justice under particu…
O.C.G.A. § 9-2-2 Actions in personam; actions in rem
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(a) An action may be against the person, or against property, or both. (b) Generally, a proceeding against the person shall bind the property also. A proceeding against property without service on the person shall bind only the particular property. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 317…
O.C.G.A. § 9-2-3 Remedy for every right
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For every right there shall be a remedy; every court having jurisdiction of the one may, if necessary, frame the other. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3174; Code 1868, § 3185; Code 1873, § 3250; Code 1882, § 3250; Civil Code 1895, § 4929; Civil Code 1910, § 5506; Code 1933, § 3-105.