O.C.G.A. § 9-2-1
Definitions
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Current — February 1, 2022
As of December 1, 2018
As used in this title, the term:
As used in this title, the term:
(1) "Action" means the judicial means of enforcing a right.
(1) “Action” means the judicial means of enforcing a right.
(2) "Civil action" means an action founded on private rights, arising either from contract or tort.
(2) “Civil action” means an action founded on private rights, arising either from contract or tort.
(3) "Penal action" means an action allowed in pursuance of public justice under particular laws. (Orig. Code 1863, §§ 3175, 3177, 3178; Code 1868, §§ 3186, 3188, 3189; Code 1873, §§ 3251, 3253, 3254; Code 1882, §§ 3251, 3253, 3254; Civil Code 1895, §§ 4930, 4932, 4933; Civil Code 1910, §§ 5507, 5509, 5510; Code 1933, §§ 3-101, 3-102, 3-103.) For corresponding provision relating to criminal procedure, § 17-1-2.
(3) “Penal action” means an action allowed in pursuance of public justice under particular laws.
Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.