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Georgia · Snapshot Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-10-18

O.C.G.A. § 51-5-9: Right of action for malicious use of privilege.

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  1. TITLE 51 Torts
  2. CHAPTER 5 Libel and Slander

In every case of privileged communications, if the privilege is used merely as a cloak for venting private malice and not bona fide in promotion of the object for which the privilege is granted, the party defamed shall have a right of action.

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