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title: O.C.G.A. § 23-4-37. Attachments for contempt; executions against property.
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# O.C.G.A. § 23-4-37. Attachments for contempt; executions against property.

Every decree or order of a superior court or the Georgia State-wide Business Court in equitable proceedings may be enforced by attachment against the person for contempt. Decrees for money may be enforced by execution against the property. If a decree is partly for money and partly for the performance of a duty, the former may be enforced by execution and the latter by attachment or other process.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, §§ 3032, 4125; Code 1868, §§ 3044, 4157; Code 1873, §§ 3099, 4216; Code 1882, §§ 3099, 4216; Civil Code 1895, §§ 3944, 4858; Civil Code 1910, §§ 4541, 5431; Code 1933, §§ 37-123, 37-1208; Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 3-7/HB 239.

The 2019 amendment, effective May 7, 2019, inserted ‘‘or the Georgia State-wide Business Court’’ near the beginning of the first sentence of this Code section.

## Law Reviews

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