Georgia Code, Title 9, Chapter 12, Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 9-12-1 - What Verdict to Cover
  The verdict shall cover the issues made by the pleadings and shall be for the plaintiff or for the defendant.
• § 9-12-2 - Instructions on Form of Verdict
  In the trial of all civil cases, the judge upon request of the jury shall furnish the jury with written instructions as to the...
• § 9-12-3 - How Verdict Received
  Verdicts shall be received only in open court in the absence of agreement of the parties.
• § 9-12-4 - Construction of Verdicts
  Verdicts shall have a reasonable intendment and shall receive a reasonable construction. They shall not be avoided unless from necessity.
• § 9-12-5 - Verdict May Be Molded
  In a proper case, the superior court may mold the verdict so as to do full justice to the parties in the same manner...
• § 9-12-6 - Amendment of Verdict -- to Conform to Pleadings
  A verdict may be so amended as to make it conform to the pleadings if the error plainly appears upon the face of the
• § 9-12-7 - Amendment of Verdict -- After Dispersal of Jury
  A verdict may be amended in mere matter of form after the jury has dispersed. However, after a verdict has been received and recorded...
• § 9-12-8 - Amendment of Verdict -- When Part Illegal
  If a part of a verdict is legal and a part illegal, the court will construe the verdict and order it amended by entering...
• § 9-12-9 - Judgment to Conform to Verdict
  Judgment and execution shall conform to the verdict.
• § 9-12-10 - Judgment for Principal and Interest
  In all cases where judgment is obtained, the judgment shall be entered for the principal sum due, with interest, provided the claim upon which...
• § 9-12-11 - Sureties and Endorsers to Be Identified in Judgment
  In all judgments against sureties or endorsers on any draft, promissory note, or other instrument in writing, the plaintiff or his attorney shall designate...
• § 9-12-12 - Judgment for Costs Against Fiduciary
  When the verdict of a jury is against an executor, administrator, or other trustee in his representative character, a judgment for costs shall be...
• § 9-12-13 - Amount of Judgment on Bond
  All judgments entered against the obligors on any bond, whether official or voluntary, shall be for the amount of damages found by the verdict...
• § 9-12-14 - Amendment of Judgment to Conform to Verdict
  A judgment may be amended by order of the court to conform to the verdict upon which it is predicated, even after an execution
• § 9-12-15 - Judgment Aided by Verdict or Amendable Not Set Aside
  A judgment may not be set aside for any defect in the pleadings or the record that is aided by verdict or amendable as...
• § 9-12-16 - Validity of Judgment When Court Does Not Have Jurisdiction
  The judgment of a court having no jurisdiction of the person or the subject matter or which is void for any other cause is...
• § 9-12-17 - When Creditors or Purchasers May Attack Judgment
  Creditors or bona fide purchasers may attack a judgment for any defect appearing on the face of the record or the pleadings or for...
• § 9-12-18 - Right to Confess Judgment and Appeal; Where and When Entered
  (a) Either party has a right to confess judgment without the consent of his adversary and to appeal from such confession without reserving the...
• § 9-12-19 - Judgment Suspended by Appeal
  Where a judgment is entered and, within the time allowed for entering an appeal, an appeal is entered, the judgment shall be suspended.
• § 9-12-20 - Judgment When Security Given on Appeal
  In all cases of appeal where security has been given, the plaintiff or his attorney may enter judgment against the principal and his surety...
• § 9-12-21 - Judgments Transferable; Status of Transferee
  A person in whose favor a judgment has been entered or a person to whom a judgment has been transferred may bona fide and...
• § 9-12-22 - Effect of Transfer by Attorney; Ratification
  The transfer of a judgment by the attorney of record of the person in whose favor the judgment was entered shall be good to...
• § 9-12-23 - Effect of Consent Judgment
  The consent of the parties to a judgment has the effect of removing any issuable defenses previously filed. After such a consent the court...

Last modified: October 14, 2016