{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-7-40","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-7-40","heading":"State courts always open; terms of court.","body":"The courts governed by this chapter shall be deemed always open for the disposition of matters properly cognizable by them; however, all trials on the merits shall be conducted at trial terms regularly prescribed by local laws, as now or hereafter amended, creating the individual courts.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 7 State Courts of Counties","Article 3 Practice and Procedure"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.15.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"8eeab8e333dec6cf05555902da68bb5d91aa42ac668dbf7d00ecca8916d0b0d8","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-7-26","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-7-41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}