{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-43","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 51-7-43","heading":"Lack of probable cause defined; question for jury.","body":"Lack of probable cause shall exist when the circumstances are such as to satisfy a reasonable man that the accuser had no ground for proceeding but his desire to injure the accused. Lack of probable cause shall be a question for the jury, under the direction of the court.","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":"8883b2cf22355caae755120ed4df58912e004168367499fdc0ae30d3d66a39e0","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-42","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-44"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}