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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-10-133. Mistake by clerk or ministerial officer.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-10-133. Mistake by clerk or ministerial officer.

The mistake or misprision of a clerk or other ministerial officer shall in no case work to the injury of a party where by amendment justice may be promoted.

## History

Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 480; Code 1863, § 3436; Code 1868, § 3456; Code 1873, § 3507; Code 1882, § 3507; Civil Code 1895, § 5125; Civil Code 1910, § 5709; Code 1933, § 81-1205.

## Cross References

Corresponding provision relating to criminal procedure, § 17-1-3.

## Law Reviews

For note discussing the procedure for the issuance and amendment of a writ of execution, see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 814 (1978).