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title: Title 9, Chapter 12. Verdict and Judgment
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heading: VERDICT AND JUDGMENT
title_heading: CIVIL PRACTICE
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# Title 9, Chapter 12. Verdict and Judgment

Title 9. Civil Practice

70 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 9-12-1, What verdict to cover, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-1.md
- 9-12-2, Instructions on form of verdict, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-2.md
- 9-12-3, How verdict received, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-3.md
- 9-12-4, Construction of verdicts, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-4.md
- 9-12-5, Verdict may be molded, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-5.md
- 9-12-6, Amendment of verdict — To conform to pleadings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-6.md
- 9-12-7, Amendment of verdict — After dispersal of jury, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-7.md
- 9-12-8, Amendment of verdict — When part illegal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-8.md
- 9-12-9, Judgment to conform to verdict, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-9.md
- 9-12-10, Judgment for principal and interest, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-10.md
- 9-12-11, Sureties and endorsers to be identified in judgment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-11.md
- 9-12-12, Judgment for costs against fiduciary, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-12.md
- 9-12-13, Amount of judgment on bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-13.md
- 9-12-14, Amendment of judgment to conform to verdict, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-14.md
- 9-12-15, Judgment aided by verdict or amendable not set aside, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-15.md
- 9-12-16, Validity of judgment when court does not have jurisdiction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-16.md
- 9-12-17, When creditors or purchasers may attack judgment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-17.md
- 9-12-18, Right to confess judgment and appeal; where and when entered, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-18.md
- 9-12-19, Judgment suspended by appeal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-19.md
- 9-12-20, Judgment when security given on appeal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-20.md
- 9-12-21, Judgments transferable; status of transferee, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-21.md
- 9-12-22, Effect of transfer by attorney; ratification, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-22.md
- 9-12-23, Effect of consent judgment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-23.md
- 9-12-40, Judgment conclusive between which persons and on what issues, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-40.md
- 9-12-41, Effect of judgment in rem, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-41.md
- 9-12-42, Judgment no bar absent decision on merits, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-42.md
- 9-12-43, Parol evidence admissible, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-43.md
- 9-12-60, When judgment becomes dormant; how dormancy prevented; docketing; applicability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-60.md
- 9-12-61, Dormant judgments renewed by action or scire facias; time of renewal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-61.md
- 9-12-62, Nature of scire facias, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-62.md
- 9-12-63, Issuance of scire facias; copies; service; return, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-63.md
- 9-12-64, Revival on motion after service of scire facias; when defendant entitled to jury trial, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-64.md
- 9-12-65, Scire facias when judgment transferred, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-65.md
- 9-12-66, Venue of action to renew judgment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-66.md
- 9-12-67, Revival of judgment against nonresident; service by publication, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-67.md
- 9-12-68, Revival of dormant decrees for payment of money, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-68.md
- 9-12-80, Equal dignity and binding effect of judgments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-80.md
- 9-12-81, General execution docket; when money judgment in county of defendant’s residence creates lien against third parties without notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-81.md
- 9-12-82, When money judgment outside county of defendant’s residence creates lien against third parties without notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-82.md
- 9-12-83, When money judgment creates lien on land located outside county in which obtained against third parties without notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-83.md
- 9-12-84, When money judgment against nonresident creates lien on land within state against third parties without notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-84.md
- 9-12-85, Deeds, mortgages, judgments, or liens between parties not affected by money judgments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-85.md
- 9-12-86, Recordation in county where property located prerequisite to lien on land, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-86.md
- 9-12-87, Judgments from same term considered of equal date, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-87.md
- 9-12-88, Extent property affected by judgment pending appeal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-88.md
- 9-12-89, Effect of appellate proceeding on lien, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-89.md
- 9-12-90, Judgments relating to common disaster, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-90.md
- 9-12-91, Effect of judgment on promissory notes, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-91.md
- 9-12-92, Effect of judgment lien on personalty removed to another state, sold, and returned, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-92.md
- 9-12-93, When purchased property discharged from lien, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-93.md
- 9-12-94, Clerk’s fees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-94.md
- 9-12-110, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-110.md
- 9-12-111, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-111.md
- 9-12-112, Applicability; burden of proof, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-112.md
- 9-12-113, Recognition and enforcement of foreign-country judgments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-113.md
- 9-12-114, Recognition of personal jurisdiction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-114.md
- 9-12-115, Procedure for recognition, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-115.md
- 9-12-116, Effect of recognition of foreign-country judgments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-116.md
- 9-12-117, Stay pending appeal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-117.md
- 9-12-118, Uniform construction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-118.md
- 9-12-119, Situations not covered by article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-119.md
- 9-12-130, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-130.md
- 9-12-131, ‘‘Foreign judgment’’ defined, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-131.md
- 9-12-132, Filing of judgment; force and effect following filing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-132.md
- 9-12-133, Filing of foreign judgment; notice to judgment debtor; Code Section 9-11-4 inapplicable to article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-133.md
- 9-12-134, Appeal or stay of foreign judgment; security for satisfaction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-134.md
- 9-12-135, Clerk’s fees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-135.md
- 9-12-136, Actions to enforce judgments preserved, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-136.md
- 9-12-137, Uniform construction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-137.md
- 9-12-138, Judgments to which article applies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/9-12-138.md