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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-12-80. Equal dignity and binding effect of judgments.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-12-80. Equal dignity and binding effect of judgments.

All judgments obtained in the superior courts, magistrate courts, or other courts of this state shall be of equal dignity and shall bind all the property of the defendant in judgment, both real and personal, from the date of such judgments except as otherwise provided in this Code.

## History

Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 494; Laws 1810, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 495; Code 1863, § 3499; Code 1868, § 3522; Code 1873, § 3580; Code 1882, § 3580; Civil Code 1895, § 5351; Civil Code 1910, § 5946; Code 1933, § 110-507; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-1.