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title: O.C.G.A. § 23-1-1. Equity jurisdiction vested in superior courts and State-wide Business Court.
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# O.C.G.A. § 23-1-1. Equity jurisdiction vested in superior courts and State-wide Business Court.

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.

## 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).