2020 Georgia Code
Title 15 - Courts
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 15-1-1. Where Judicial Power Vested

Universal Citation: GA Code § 15-1-1 (2020)

The judicial power is vested in such tribunals as are created by the Constitution of this state, such other inferior courts as are or may be established by law, and such persons as are or may be specially invested with powers of a judicial nature.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 197; Code 1868, § 191; Code 1873, § 203; Code 1882, § 203; Civil Code 1895, § 4043; Civil Code 1910, § 4640; Code 1933, § 24-101.)

Cross references.

- Judicial power of the state, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. I, Para. I.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Kitson v. Hawke, 136 Ga. App. 92, 220 S.E.2d 28 (1975).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 20 Am. Jur. 2d, Courts, § 1 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 21 C.J.S., Courts, § 106 et seq.

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