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2022 Georgia Code
Title 9 - Civil Practice
Chapter 12 - Verdict and Judgment
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 9-12-7. Amendment of Verdict — After Dispersal of Jury
Universal Citation: GA Code § 9-12-7 (2022)
A verdict may be amended in mere matter of form after the jury has dispersed. However, after a verdict has been received and recorded and the jury has dispersed, it may not be amended in matter of substance either by what the jurors say they intended to find or otherwise.
History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3422; Code 1868, § 3442; Code 1873, § 3492; Code 1882, § 3492; Civil Code 1895, § 5111; Civil Code 1910, § 5695; Code 1933, § 110-111.
Cross references.
For corresponding provision relating to criminal procedure, see § 17-9-40 .
Law reviews.
For comment on Gibbs v. Forrester, 204 Ga. 545 , 50 S.E.2d 318 (1948), see 11 Ga. B.J. 495 (1949).
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