Georgia § 18-3-3 - Attachment prior to debt becoming due; stay of execution when debt not due before final judgment.
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§ 18-3-3. Attachment prior to debt becoming due; stay of execution when debt not due before final judgment.
When the debt is not due, the debtor shall be subject to attachment in the same manner and to the same extent as in cases where the debt is due, except that, where the debt does not become due before final judgment, execution upon the judgment shall be stayed until the debt is due. (Laws 1816, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 75; Code 1863, § 3197; Code 1868, § 3208; Code 1873, § 3275; Code 1882, § 3275; Civil Code 1895, § 4521; Civil Code 1910, § 5066; Code 1933, § 8-103.)
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