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2019 Georgia Code
Title 17 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 8 - Trial
Article 2 - Continuances
§ 17-8-37. Duration of continuance

Universal Citation:
GA Code § 17-8-37 (2019)
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When a court grants a continuance of a pending case for whatever cause, the continuance shall extend until the next term of court only.

History:

Laws 1799, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 486; Code 1863, § 3448; Code 1868, § 3468; Code 1873, § 3519; Code 1882, § 3519; Civil Code 1895, § 5126; Civil Code 1910, § 5710; Code 1933, § 81-1401.

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