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# O.C.G.A. § 24-14-42. Judgment admissible; effect.

A judgment shall be admissible between any parties to show the fact of the rendition thereof; between parties and privies it is conclusive as to the matter directly in issue, until reversed or set aside.

## History

Code 1981, § 24-14-42, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

## Law Reviews

For article on the effect of a conviction that is based on a nolo contendere plea, see 13 Ga. L. Rev. 723 (1979).