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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 13. CONTRACTS · Chapter 5. DEFENSES · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

13-5-7. Rescission or release.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. A rescission of a contract by consent or a release by the other contracting party shall be a complete defense.

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, § 2800; Code 1868, § 2808; Code 1873, § 2859; Code 1882, § 2859; Civil Code 1895, § 3710; Civil Code 1910, § 4304; Code 1933, § 20-905.

Cross references

General rules of pleading and requirement of setting forth release as an affirmative defense, § 9-11-8.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t13-(v11)-2010-pdf.pdf, Volume V11, 2010 edition, page 316; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 18573afb153d.