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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-6-65. Entry of civil cases on dockets; order for trial.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-6-65. Entry of civil cases on dockets; order for trial.

All civil cases pending in the superior court shall be entered by the clerk thereof on the civil docket as provided in Code Section 15-6-61 and shall stand for trial in the order in which they came into court except as otherwise provided by law.

## History

Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 573; Laws 1807, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 199; Laws 1810, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 577; Laws 1850, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 455; Code 1863, § 262; Code 1868, § 256; Code 1873, § 267; Code 1882, § 267; Ga. L. 1882-83, p. 55, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 4360; Civil Code 1910, § 4891; Code 1933, § 24-2714; Ga. L. 1989, p. 395, § 2.