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Título 51. TORTS · Capítulo 7. FALSE ARREST, FALSE IMPRISONMENT, MALICIOUS PROSECUTION, AND ABUSIVE LITIGATION · Artículo 3. MALICIOUS PROSECUTION

51-7-40. Right of action for malicious prosecution.

Vigente

Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

A criminal prosecution which is carried on maliciously and without any probable cause and which causes damage to the person prosecuted shall give him a cause of action.

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2924; Code 1868, § 2931; Code 1873, § 2982; Code 1882, § 2982; Civil Code 1895, § 3843; Civil Code 1910, § 4439; Code 1933, § 105-801.

Editor's notes

Georgia law makes a distinction between an action for malicious prosecution and one for malicious use of civil process. The former is strictly a remedy for a malicious criminal prosecution and is governed by the Code sections in this article. The latter action has its basis in the common law. The essential elements of both actions, however, are substantially similar.

Law reviews

For annual survey on law of torts, see 42 Mercer L. Rev. 431 (1990). For comment on Dixie Broadcasting Corp. v. Rivers, 209 Ga. 98, 70 S.E.2d 734 (1952), see 15 Ga. B. J. 81 (1952). For case comment, ‘‘Yost v. Torok and Abusive Litigation: A New Tort to Solve an Old Problem,’’ see 21 Ga. L. Rev. 429 (1986).

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t51-(v39)-2017-pdf.pdf, Volumen V39, edición 2017, página 670; acción de fusión: annotated; SHA-256 del archivo bc30a40687b2.