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# O.C.G.A. § 13-3-45. Effect of partially valid consideration; effect of illegal consideration.

If the consideration is good in part and void in part, the promise will or will not be sustained, depending upon whether it is entire or severable. If the consideration is illegal in whole or in part, the whole promise fails.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2709; Code 1868, § 2703; Code 1873, § 2745; Code 1882, § 2745; Civil Code 1895, § 3662; Civil Code 1910, § 4247; Code 1933, § 20-305.