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# O.C.G.A. § 15-1-1. Where judicial power vested.

The judicial power is vested in such tribunals as are created by the Constitution of this state, such other inferior courts as are or may be established by law, and such persons as are or may be specially invested with powers of a judicial nature.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 197; Code 1868, § 191; Code 1873, § 203; Code 1882, § 203; Civil Code 1895, § 4043; Civil Code 1910, § 4640; Code 1933, § 24-101.

## Cross References

Judicial power of the state, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. I, Para. I.