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2017 Georgia Code
Title 5 - Appeal and Error
Chapter 4 - Certiorari to Superior Court
§ 5-4-18. Recovery of damages for frivolous certiorari
Universal Citation: GA Code § 5-4-18 (2017)
If it shall be made to appear that a certiorari was frivolous and was applied for without good cause or only for the purpose of delay, the presiding judge before whom the writ was heard, on motion of the opposite party, may order that damages totaling not more than 20 percent of the sum adjudged to be due be recovered by the defendant in certiorari against the plaintiff in certiorari and his security; and judgment may be entered and execution issued accordingly.
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