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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-12-137. Uniform construction.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-12-137. Uniform construction.

This article shall be interpreted and construed to achieve its general purposes to make the law of those states which enact it uniform.

## History

Code 1981, § 9-12-137, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 380, § 1.