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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Chapter 2. PERSONS AND THEIR RIGHTS

1-2-2. Categories of natural persons.

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  1. Natural persons are categorized, according to their rights and status, as:

  2. (1)

    Citizens;#

  3. (2)

    Citizens of the United States but not of this state; and#

  4. (3)

    Aliens.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 1583; Code 1868, § 1646; Code 1873, § 1652; Code 1882, § 1652; Civil Code 1895, § 1803; Civil Code 1910, § 2160; Code 1933, 79-101.

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘Compulsory Legal Segregation in the Public Schools, with Special Reference to Georgia,’’ see 5 Mercer L. Rev. 211 (1954). For article, ‘‘Rights: Afterthoughts,’’ see 27 Ga. L. Rev. 473 (1993).

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