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# O.C.G.A. § 5-3-1. Short title.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Superior and State Court Appellate Practice Act.”

## History

Code 1981, § 5-3-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2022, p. 767, § 1-1/HB 916.