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2010 Georgia Code

TITLE 9 - CIVIL PRACTICE

CHAPTER 2 - ACTIONS GENERALLY
ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 9-2-1 - Definitions

O.C.G.A. 9-2-1 (2010)
9-2-1. Definitions


As used in this title, the term:

(1) "Action" means the judicial means of enforcing a right.

(2) "Civil action" means an action founded on private rights, arising either from contract or tort.

(3) "Penal action" means an action allowed in pursuance of public justice under particular laws.