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The OCGA contains both the official statutes as well as annotations. The annotations explain and expound upon the statutes and contain "summaries of state attorney general's opinions, advisory opinions by the State Bar of Georgia , summaries of important court rulings, excerpts of law review articles, legislative histories[,] and repeals". [ 2 ]
Thus, the publisher would charge for reproductions of the OCGA, with a portion of the fee being returned to the state as a licensing fee. This longstanding feature goes back to the Code of 1872. In 2018, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the OCGA is not copyrightable, [1] and the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that holding in April 2020.
The Georgia Code Revision Commission oversees the publication of the O.C.G.A., [2] which is published by LexisNexis. [1] The O.C.G.A. was first adopted in 1981 and became effective in November 1982; previously, Harrison's Georgia Code Annotated (a.k.a. the Code of 1933) was the only published code. [1]
The girl was finally freed — but Anderson will likely now spend the holidays in jail, facing a felony charge of unlawful restraint, the outlet noted. She is being held at the Harris County Jail ...
Sgt. Ruben Lozano was arrested Sunday on family violence and unlawful restraint warrants obtained by the Irving Police Department. Details of the allegations were not immediately available.
False imprisonment does not require a literal prison, but a restriction of the claimant's freedom of movement (complete restraint). According to the Termes de la Ley , 'imprisonment is the restraint of a man's liberty, whether it be in the open field, or in the stocks, or in the cage in the streets or in a man's own house, as well as in the ...
Drummond said his office believed “it to be in the public interest that an investigation should be made to ascertain whether an unlawful restraint of trade or other unlawful activity took place ...
Abduction or unlawful restraint (§5K2.4) If a person was abducted, taken hostage, or unlawfully restrained to facilitate commission of the offense or to facilitate the escape from the scene of the crime, the court may increase the sentence above the authorized guideline range. Property damage or loss (§5K2.5)