O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 9-10-169 (2019)

Announcement and docketing of continuance

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Continuances of cases in the superior, state, county, and city courts and the dates thereof shall be entered on the docket. Upon the call of the calendar which includes such case, the judge shall announce the continuance.

History

Ga. L. 1895, p. 41, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 5140; Penal Code 1895, § 968; Civil Code 1910, § 5726; Penal Code 1910, § 994; Code 1933, § 81-1421.

Annotations

Cross references. Corresponding provision relating to criminal procedure, § 17-8-36.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Formal entries of continuances on docket not authority for second process issuance. - Formal entries of continuances made by the judge on the bench docket at and after the appearance term,

do not import any leave or order to issue a second process or extend the time for service. Peck v. LaRoche & Son, 86 Ga. 314, 12 S.E. 638, 1890 Ga. LEXIS 238 (1890).

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. 17 C.J.S., Continuances, § 106 et seq.

ARTICLE 8 ARGUMENT AND CONDUCT OF COUNSEL Cross references. Arguments in probate court, Uniform Rules for the Probate Courts, Rule 10.8. RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Validity and application of state statute prohibiting judge from practicing law, 17 A.L.R.4th 829.

Propriety of attorney’s communication with jurors after trial, 19 A.L.R.4th 1209.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1993–1993 · leading case: Repub. Claims Serv. Co. v. Hoyal, 435 S.E.2d 612 (Ga. Ct. App. 1993).
Repub. Claims Serv. Co. v. Hoyal, 435 S.E.2d 612 (Ga. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 9-10-169. According to OCGA § 1-3-3 (23), “ ‘[w]riting’ includes printing.”
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