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Title 9. CIVIL PRACTICE · Chapter 11. CIVIL PRACTICE ACT · Article 7. JUDGMENT

9-11-61. Harmless error.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. No error in either the admission or the exclusion of evidence and no error or defect in any ruling or order or in anything done or omitted by the court or by any of the parties is ground for granting a new trial or for setting aside a verdict or for vacating, modifying, or otherwise disturbing a judgment or order, unless refusal to take such action appears to the court inconsistent with substantial justice. The court at every stage of the proceeding must disregard any error or defect in the proceeding which does not affect the substantial rights of the parties.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1966, p. 609, § 61.

Cross references

Grounds for new trial generally, § 5-5-20 et seq.

Other notes

U.S. Code.
For provisions of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 61, and annotations pertaining thereto, see 28 U.S.C.

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Text read from t9-ch11-(v7)-2015-pdf.pdf, Volume V7, 2015 edition, page 1011; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 3e6a3f858b06.