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title: O.C.G.A. § 23-3-22. Verification necessary; bond and additional verification at judge’s discretion.
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# O.C.G.A. § 23-3-22. Verification necessary; bond and additional verification at judge’s discretion.

(a) In every application for a writ of ne exeat, the petition or motion must be verified by one or more of the complainants.

(b) The judge may, in his discretion, require the complainant to give bond and security for the payment of any damages which the defendant may recover from him for obtaining the writ, before granting an order for the issuing of the same, and may require a verification by all or any of the complainants.

## History

Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 219, § 4; Ga. L. 1857, p. 109, § 1; Code 1863, § 3151; Code 1868, § 3163; Code 1873, § 3230; Code 1882, § 3230; Civil Code 1895, § 4890; Civil Code 1910, § 5463; Code 1933, § 37-1405.