23-1-1. Equity jurisdiction vested in superior courts and State-wide Business Court.

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All equity jurisdiction shall be vested in the superior courts of the several counties and in the Georgia State-wide Business Court as provided in Code Section 15-5A-3.

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

Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 467; Code 1863, § 3013; Code 1868, § 3025; Code 1873, § 3080; Code 1882, § 3080; Civil Code 1895, § 3921; Civil Code 1910, § 4518; Code 1933, § 37-101; Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 3-4/HB 239. The 2019 amendment, effective May 7, 2019, added ‘‘and in the Georgia State-wide Business Court as provided in Code Section 15-5A-3’’ at the end of this Code section.

Cross references

Exercise of judicial power, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. I, Para. IV.

Law reviews

For article on the 2019 amendment of this Code section, see 36 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2019).

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