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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-6-42. Prohibition against executive and military officers; Governor exempt.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-6-42. Prohibition against executive and military officers; Governor exempt.

The writ of prohibition will not lie to the duly inaugurated Governor, but it lies to all other executive or military officers when acting as a judicial or quasi-judicial tribunal.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3134; Code 1868, § 3146; Code 1873, § 3202; Code 1882, § 3202; Civil Code 1895, § 4877; Civil Code 1910, § 5450; Code 1933, § 64-303.

## History of Section.

The language of this Code section is derived in part from the decision in Shirley v. Gardner, 160 Ga. 338, 127 S.E. 855 (1925).