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Title 9. CIVIL PRACTICE · Chapter 12. VERDICT AND JUDGMENT · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

9-12-18. Right to confess judgment and appeal; where and when entered.

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  1. (a)

    Either party has a right to confess judgment without the consent of his adversary and to appeal from such confession without reserving the right to do so in cases where an appeal is allowed by law.#

  2. (b)

    No confession of judgment shall be entered except in the county where the defendant resided at the commencement of the action unless expressly provided for by law. The action must have been regularly filed and docketed as in other cases. However, a judge of a superior court or a magistrate may confess judgment in his own court.#

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

Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 495; Code 1863, §§ 3518, 3519, 3520; Code 1868, §§ 3541, 3542, 3543; Code 1873, §§ 3600, 3601, 3602; Code 1882, §§ 3600, 3601, 3602; Civil Code 1895, §§ 5359, 5360, 5361; Civil Code 1910, §§ 5954, 5955, 5956; Code 1933, §§ 110-601, 110-602, 110-603; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-1.

Law reviews

For article comparing sections of the Georgia Civil Practice Act (Ch. 11 of this title) with preexisting provisions of the Georgia Code, see 3 Ga. St. B.J. 295 (1967). For comment on Cocke v. Truslow, 91 Ga. App. 645, 86 S.E.2d 686 (1955), see 18 Ga. B.J. 92 (1955).

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Text read from T09 Ch12-16 (V7A) 2015.pdf, Volume V7A, 2015 edition, page 57; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 c88496cf9e57.