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# O.C.G.A. § 13-1-5. Contract defined — Simple contract.

(a) All other contracts than those specified in Code Sections 13-1-2 through 13-1-4 are termed simple contracts.

(b) Simple contracts may either be in writing or rest only in words as remembered by witnesses.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, §§ 2680, 2681; Code 1868, §§ 2676, 2677; Code 1873, §§ 2718, 2719; Code 1882, §§ 2718, 2719; Civil Code 1895, §§ 3635, 3636; Civil Code 1910, §§ 4220, 4221; Code 1933, §§ 20-105, 20-106.