{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-10-167","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 9-10-167","heading":"Continuance in discretion of court; countershowing to motion for continuance.","body":"(a) All applications for continuances are addressed to the sound legal discretion of the court and, if not expressly provided for, shall be granted or refused as the ends of justice may require.\n(b) In all cases the presiding judge may, in his discretion, admit a countershowing to a motion for a continuance and, after a hearing, may decide whether the motion shall prevail.","path":["TITLE 9 Civil Practice","CHAPTER 10 Civil Practice and Procedure Generally","Article 7 Continuances"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.09.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":"230cc80e3b00c5339551f1fb835f1570179e31e01ef1896a0f198e97db2dd072","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-10-166","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-10-168"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}