{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-47","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 51-7-47","heading":"Measure of damages.","body":"Recovery in actions for malicious prosecution shall not be confined to the actual damage sustained by the accused but shall be regulated by the circumstances of each case.","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":"da75f5c0c14927af0ad721d236bcadb7632d74b28b387ac78bcc38f5ab722db1","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-46","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-60"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}