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Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 7. STATE COURTS OF COUNTIES · Article 3. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

15-7-40. State courts always open; terms of court.

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  1. The courts governed by this chapter shall be deemed always open for the disposition of matters properly cognizable by them; however, all trials on the merits shall be conducted at trial terms regularly prescribed by local laws, as now or hereafter amended, creating the individual courts.

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

Code 1981, § 15-7-40, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1419, § 2.

Cross references

Trial calendar, Uniform State Court Rules, Rule 8.3.

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Text read from t15-ch1-11a-(v13)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volume V13, 2020 edition, page 399; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 1f1f034443c3.