A rule nisi for a new trial may be amended by adding new grounds not taken at the time the motion was filed.
History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3432; Code 1868, § 3452; Code 1873, § 3503; Code 1882, § 3503; Civil Code 1895, § 5121; Civil Code 1910, § 5705; Code 1933, § 70-309.
Structure Georgia Code
§ 5-5-42. Form for Motion for New Trial
§ 5-5-43. Allowance of Filing of Motion by Judge Other Than Trial Judge
§ 5-5-44. Service of Rule Nisi; Filing and Recordation of Motion
§ 5-5-45. Amendment of Rule Nisi
§ 5-5-46. Operation of Rule Nisi as Supersedeas in Criminal Cases; Superseding of Sentence
§ 5-5-48. Time of New Trial Generally
§ 5-5-49. Trial of Cases Returned for New Trial by Appellate Courts
§ 5-5-50. Standard for Review by Appellate Court of First Grant of New Trial
§ 5-5-51. Written Basis for Exercise of Judicial Discretion for New Trial