{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-42","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 51-7-42","heading":"Inquiry before committing court or magistrate as prosecution.","body":"For purposes of this article, an inquiry before a committing court or a magistrate shall amount to a prosecution.","path":["TITLE 51 Torts","CHAPTER 7 False Arrest, False Imprisonment, Malicious Prosecution, and Abusive Litigation","Article 3 Malicious Prosecution"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.51.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":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"09e5a780c9027965d42f0ad61dab8e93eff6a3d7e5dabda1f1b58274b68c3bf9","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-41","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-43"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}