A contract is an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of some specified thing.
History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2676; Code 1868, § 2672; Code 1873, § 2714; Code 1882, § 2714; Civil Code 1895, § 3631; Civil Code 1910, § 4216; Code 1933, § 20-101.
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For article discussing the anachronistic nature of the Georgia Contracts Code as dramatized by comparing the doctrine of consideration as it is formulated in the Restatements of Contracts and in Code 1933, Title 20 (now this title), and the interpretative approach Georgia courts have taken in dealing with such Code, see 13 Ga. L. Rev. 499 (1979). (But see amendments by Ga. L. 1981, p. 876.)
For article surveying contract law in 1984-1985, see 37 Mercer L. Rev. 161 (1985).
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 13-1-1. Contract Defined — Generally
§ 13-1-2. Contract Defined — Executed and Executory Contracts
§ 13-1-3. Contract Defined — Contract of Record
§ 13-1-4. Contract Defined — Specialty Contract
§ 13-1-5. Contract Defined — Simple Contract
§ 13-1-6. Contract Defined — Parol Contracts
§ 13-1-7. Contract Defined — Absolute and Conditional Contracts
§ 13-1-8. Contract Defined — Entire and Severable Contracts
§ 13-1-9. Apportionment of Entire Contracts
§ 13-1-10. Licenses and Contracts Distinguished
§ 13-1-13. Recovery of Voluntary Payments
§ 13-1-15. Convenience Fee; When Appropriate
§ 13-1-16. Additional Contracts Terminable by Service Members; Requirements