Editor's notes.

- This chapter consisted of Code Sections 50-11-1 through 50-11-10, and was based on Laws 1783, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 665; Laws 1847, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 1037; Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 11, § 25; Ga. L. 1861, p. 74, § 2; Orig. Code 1863, §§ 112, 113, 115, 117, 118; Code 1863, §§ 111, 112, 114, 116, 969, 970, 971, 972, 974; Ga. L. 1868, p. 195, §§ 1-4; Code 1868, §§ 106 through 113, 1051 through 1055; Code 1873, §§ 115 through 122, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1051; Ga. L. 1874, p. 25, § 2; Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 69, § 1; Code 1882, §§ 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 796, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1051; Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 134, § 2; Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 139, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1889, p. 153, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1889, p. 181, §§ 1, 2; Civil Code 1895, §§ 149-157, 159, 163, 165, 166-, 171, 172; Ga. L. 1904, p. 50, § 1; Ga. L. 1909, p. 141, §§ 1-3, 5; Ga. L. 1909, p. 143, § 1; Civil Code 1910, §§ 172-181, 183, 185, 188, 190-, 198-201; Ga. L. 1912, p. 45, § 1; Ga. L. 1916, p. 133, § 1; Ga. L. 1918, p. 108, § 1; Ga. L. 1919, p. 369, § 1; Code 1933, §§ 101-101 - 101-104, 101-201 - 101-203, 101-205 - 101-210, 101-212 - 214, 101-217, 101-218; Code 1933, §§ 101-102, 101-104, 101-105, 101-106, enacted by Ga. L. 1947, p. 1166, § 1; Ga. L. 1956, p. 729, § 1; Ga. L. 1956, p. 804, § 1; Ga. L. 1957, p. 596, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 1402; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1253, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, §§ 101-101 - 101-105, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 741, § 2; Code 1933, §§ 101-201 - 101-205, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 741, § 3; Ga. L. 1978, p. 2288, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 818, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 50; Ga. L. 1982, p. 702, §§ 2-4; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 39; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 50; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 50; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1129, §§ 1, 2, 4, 5; Ga. L. 2002, p. 532, § 22.