{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-10-168","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 9-10-168","heading":"When postponement substituted for continuance.","body":"No continuance shall be granted in any of the courts in this state which have a continuous session for 30 days or more, over the objection of the adverse party, where the cause for the same can be obviated by a postponement to a later day during the term. It shall be the duty of the presiding judge, whenever a motion and a proper showing for a continuance are made by either party at any time, to set the case down for a later day during the same term if it is practicable thereby to avoid the continuance of the case.","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":"8419b0c760d7b673394ef76fa9f7800a102ce17f4c38852e5ac0341d3f58e501","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-10-167","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-10-169"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}