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title: O.C.G.A. § 5-5-25. Other grounds.
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# O.C.G.A. § 5-5-25. Other grounds.

In all motions for a new trial on other grounds not provided for in this Code, the presiding judge must exercise a sound legal discretion in granting or refusing the same according to the provisions of the common law and practice of the courts.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3642; Code 1868, § 3667; Code 1873, § 3718; Code 1882, § 3718; Civil Code 1895, § 5483; Penal Code 1895, § 1062; Civil Code 1910, § 6088; Penal Code 1910, § 1089; Code 1933, § 70-208; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 5/HB 79.

## Other Notes

The 2013 amendment, effective April 24, 2013, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in this Code section.