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title: O.C.G.A. § 13-4-101. Elements and requirements of accord and satisfaction generally.
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# O.C.G.A. § 13-4-101. Elements and requirements of accord and satisfaction generally.

Accord and satisfaction occurs where the parties to an agreement, by a subsequent agreement, have satisfied the former agreement, and the latter agreement has been executed. The execution of a new agreement may itself amount to a satisfaction of the former agreement, where it is so expressly agreed by the parties; and, without such agreement, if the new promise is founded on a new consideration, the taking of it is a satisfaction of the former agreement.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2819; Code 1868, § 2827; Code 1873, § 2878; Code 1882, § 2878; Civil Code 1895, § 3732; Civil Code 1910, § 4326; Code 1933, § 20-1201.

## Law Reviews

For comment on Chocran v. Bell, 102 Ga. App. 617, 117 S.E.2d 645 (1960), see 24 Ga. B.J. 422 (1962).