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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-9-85. Adjournment by appointed person.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-9-85. Adjournment by appointed person.

The judge of the probate court may appoint some fit and proper person to open and adjourn his court in the absence of an officer to do so.

## History

Ga. L. 1861, p. 56, § 1; Code 1868, § 4051; Code 1873, § 4122; Code 1882, § 4122; Civil Code 1895, § 4262; Civil Code 1910, § 4820; Code 1933, § 24-2103.