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title: Title 51, Chapter 7. False Arrest, False Imprisonment, Malicious Prosecution, and Abusive Litigation
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date: 2025
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heading: FALSE ARREST, FALSE IMPRISONMENT, MALICIOUS PROSECUTION, AND ABUSIVE LITIGATION
title_heading: TORTS
section_count: 24
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# Title 51, Chapter 7. False Arrest, False Imprisonment, Malicious Prosecution, and Abusive Litigation

Title 51. Torts

24 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 51-7-1, Right of action for false arrest, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-1.md
- 51-7-2, Malice defined, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-2.md
- 51-7-3, Lack of probable cause defined; question for jury, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-3.md
- 51-7-4, Arrest under civil process of person exempt from such arrest, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-4.md
- 51-7-20, False imprisonment defined, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-20.md
- 51-7-21, Effect of good faith on liability for imprisonment under warrant, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-21.md
- 51-7-22, False imprisonment by several persons, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-22.md
- 51-7-40, Right of action for malicious prosecution, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-40.md
- 51-7-41, Accrual of right of action, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-41.md
- 51-7-42, Inquiry before committing court or magistrate as prosecution, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-42.md
- 51-7-43, Lack of probable cause defined; question for jury, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-43.md
- 51-7-44, Inference of malice from lack of probable cause; rebuttal of inference, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-44.md
- 51-7-45, Evidence in determination of probable cause, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-45.md
- 51-7-46, Immunity of grand jurors from action for malicious prosecution; liability of person instigating presentment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-46.md
- 51-7-47, Measure of damages, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-47.md
- 51-7-60, Preclusion of recovery for detention of person suspected of theft under certain circumstances, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-60.md
- 51-7-61, Activation of antishoplifting device as constituting probable cause for detention; notice of such device to be posted, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-61.md
- 51-7-62, Actions for false arrest and false imprisonment for individuals suspected of film piracy, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-62.md
- 51-7-80, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-80.md
- 51-7-81, Liability for abusive litigation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-81.md
- 51-7-82, Defenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-82.md
- 51-7-83, Measure of damages, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-83.md
- 51-7-84, Notice of claim asserted; when action must be brought, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-84.md
- 51-7-85, Exclusive remedy, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/51-7-85.md