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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-12-111. Nature of loan for use.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-12-111. Nature of loan for use.

A loan for use is the gratuitous grant of an article to another for his use with the expectation that the article will be returned in specie. A loan for use may be made either for a definite time or for an indefinite time and is at the will of the grantor.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2104; Code 1868, § 2099; Code 1873, § 2126; Code 1882, § 2126; Civil Code 1895, § 2945; Civil Code 1910, § 3517; Code 1933, § 12-502.