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2022 Georgia Code
Title 10 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 6 - Agency
Article 3 - Rights and Liabilities of Principal to Third Persons
§ 10-6-51. Principal Bound by Acts Within Scope of Authority; No Right to Ratify in Part
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GA Code § 10-6-51 (2022)
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The principal shall be bound by all the acts of his agent within the scope of his authority; if the agent shall exceed his authority, the principal may not ratify in part and repudiate in part; he shall adopt either the whole or none.
History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2172; Code 1868, § 2168; Code 1873, § 2194; Code 1882, § 2194; Civil Code 1895, § 3021; Civil Code 1910, § 3593; Code 1933, § 4-302.
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For note discussing governmental immunity from tort liability in Georgia, see 5 Ga. St. B. J. 494 (1969).
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