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# O.C.G.A. § 9-11-2. One form of action.

There shall be one form of action, to be known as ‘‘civil action.’’

## History

Ga. L. 1966, p. 609, § 2.

## Cross References

Definition of ‘‘civil action’’ for purposes of title generally, § 9-2-1.

## Law Reviews

For article surveying developments in Georgia real property law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 219 (1981). For annual survey of administrative law, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 17 (1986). For article, ‘‘The Civil Jurisdiction of State and Magistrate Courts,’’ see 24 Ga. St. B.J. 29 (1987).

## U.s. Code.

For provisions of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 2, and annotations pertaining thereto, see 28 U.S.C.