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title: O.C.G.A. § 13-1-3. Contract defined — Contract of record.
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# O.C.G.A. § 13-1-3. Contract defined — Contract of record.

A contract of record is one which has been declared and adjudicated by a court having jurisdiction or which is entered of record in obedience to or in carrying out the judgment of a court.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2678; Code 1868, § 2674; Code 1873, § 2716; Code 1882, § 2716; Civil Code 1895, § 3633; Civil Code 1910, § 4218; Code 1933, § 20-103.