GA Code § 9-12-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 9 - Civil Practice|Chapter 12 - Verdict and Judgment|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 9-12-1. What Verdict to Cover

 The verdict shall cover the issues made by the pleadings and shall be for the plaintiff or for the defendant.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 3479; Code 1868, § 3501; Code 1873, § 3559; Code 1882, § 3559; Civil Code 1895, § 5329; Civil Code 1910, § 5924; Code 1933, § 110-101.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 75B Am. Jur. 2d, Trial, § 1543 et seq.   15 Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Judges, § 80.   C.J.S.   - 89 C.J.S., Trial, § 981 et seq.   ALR.    - Judgment against executor or administrator qualified in one state as binding upon an executor or administrator of the same decedent, qualified in another, 3 A.L.R. 64.    Power of legislature to set aside or impair judgment, 3 A.L.R. 450.    Power to enter judgment nunc pro tunc after death of party, 3 A.L.R. 1403; 68 A.L.R. 261.    Foreign judgment based upon or which fails to give effect to a judgment previously rendered at the forum or in a third jurisdiction, 44 A.L.R. 457; 53 A.L.R. 1146.    Decree abating nuisance as affecting owner not served with process, 63 A.L.R. 698.    Verdict as affected by agreement in advance among jurors to abide by less than unanimous vote, 73 A.L.R. 93.    Provision in judgment for taxes as regards future penalties, 93 A.L.R. 793.    Power of court to mold or amend verdict with respect to the parties for or against whom it was rendered, 106 A.L.R. 418.    Right of court to accept verdict upon one or more counts of an indictment or information when jury is unable to reach a verdict on all counts or is silent as to part of counts, and effect of such acceptance, 114 A.L.R. 1406.    Rule of practical construction as applicable to judgment, 120 A.L.R. 868.    Failure of one or more jurors to join in answer to special interrogatory or special verdict as affecting verdict, 155 A.L.R. 586.    Merger of earlier in later judgment rendered in the same jurisdiction, 158 A.L.R. 859.    Propriety of court questioning jury as to meaning of their verdict, or for purpose of correcting it in matters of form, 164 A.L.R. 989.   Coercive effect of verdict-urging by judge in civil case, 19 A.L.R.2d 1257.   Receipt of verdict in civil case in absence of trial judge, 20 A.L.R.2d 281.   Effect of verdict "for plaintiff" in action against multiple defendants, 47 A.L.R.2d 803.   Verdict for money judgment which finds for party for ambiguous or no amount, 49 A.L.R.2d 1328.   Judgment ambiguous or silent as to amount of recovery as defective for lack of certainty, 55 A.L.R.2d 723.   Effect on verdict in civil case of haste or shortness of time in which the jury reached it, 91 A.L.R.2d 1220.   Submission of special interrogatories in connection with general verdict under Federal Rule 49(b), and state counterparts, 6 A.L.R.3d 438.   Verdict-urging instructions in civil case stressing desirability and importance of agreement, 38 A.L.R.3d 1281.   Verdict-urging instructions in civil case commenting on weight of majority view or authorizing compromise, 41 A.L.R.3d 845.   Verdict-urging instructions in civil case admonishing jurors to refrain from intransigence, or reflecting on integrity or intelligence of jurors, 41 A.L.R.3d 1154.