Georgia Statutes
§ 11-1-103 — Rules of construction to promote purposes and policies; applicability of supplemental principles of law
Georgia·Title 11
(a)This title shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies which are:
(1)To simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing commercial transactions;
(2)To permit the continued expansion of commercial practices through custom, usage, and agreement of the parties; and (3) To make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.
(b)Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this title, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, and other validating or invalidating cause shall supplement its provisions.
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Legislative History
Renumbered from §11-1-102and amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 167,§ 3A-1, eff. 1/1/2016.
Nearby Sections
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§ 11-1-101
Short titles§ 11-1-102
Scope of article§ 11-1-104
Construction against implicit repeal§ 11-1-105
Severability§ 11-1-106
Use of singular and plural; gender§ 11-1-107
Section captions§ 11-1-201
General definitions§ 11-1-202
Notice; knowledge§ 11-1-204
Value§ 11-1-205
Reasonable time; seasonableness§ 11-1-206
Presumptions