O.C.G.A. § 15-6-8
Jurisdiction and powers of superior courts
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The superior courts have authority:
The superior courts have authority:
(1) To exercise original, exclusive, or concurrent jurisdiction, as the case may be, of all causes, both civil and criminal, granted to them by the Constitution and laws;
(1) To exercise original, exclusive, or concurrent jurisdiction, as the case may be, of all causes, both civil and criminal, granted to them by the Constitution and laws;
(2) To exercise the powers of a court of equity;
(2) To exercise the powers of a court of equity;
(3) To exercise appellate jurisdiction from judgments of the probate or magistrate courts as provided by law;
(3) To exercise appellate jurisdiction from judgments of the probate or magistrate courts as provided by law;
(4) To exercise a general supervision over all inferior tribunals and to review and correct, in the manner prescribed by law, the judgments of: Magistrates;
(4) To exercise a general supervision over all inferior tribunals and to review and correct, in the manner prescribed by law, the judgments of: Magistrates;
(5) Municipal courts or councils;
(5) Municipal courts or councils;
(6) Any inferior judicature;
(6) Any inferior judicature;
(7) Any person exercising judicial powers; and
(7) Any person exercising judicial powers; and
(8) Judges of the probate courts, except in cases touching the probate of wills and the granting of letters of administration, in which a jury must be impaneled;
(8) Judges of the probate courts, except in cases touching the probate of wills and the granting of letters of administration, in which a jury must be impaneled;
(9) To punish contempt by fines not exceeding $1,000.00, by imprisonment not exceeding 20 days, or both; and
(9) To punish contempt by fines not exceeding $1,000.00, by imprisonment not exceeding 20 days, or both; and
(10) To exercise such other powers, not contrary to the Constitution, as are or may be given to such courts by law. (Laws 1799, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 1135; Code 1863, § 242; Code 1868, § 236; Code 1873, § 246; Code 1882, § 246; Civil Code 1895, § 4320; Penal Code 1895, § 791; Civil Code 1910, § 4849; Penal Code 1910, § 791; Code 1933, § 24-2615;
(10) To exercise such other powers, not contrary to the Constitution, as are or may be given to such courts by law.
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