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State of Georgia Code:

1-2-1 G
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  1-2-1.
    
  (a) There are two classes of persons: natural and artificial.
    
  (b) Corporations are artificial persons. They are creatures of the
  law and, except insofar as the law forbids it, they are subject to
  be changed, modified, or destroyed at the will of their creator.

1-2-2 G
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  1-2-2.
    
  Natural persons are categorized, according to their rights and
  status, as:
    
    (1) Citizens;
    
    (2) Citizens of the United States but not of this state; and
    
    (3) Aliens.

1-2-3 G
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  1-2-3.
    
  Until citizenship is acquired elsewhere, a citizen of this state
  continues to be a citizen of this state and of the United States.

1-2-4 G
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  1-2-4.
    
  Except in time of war, every citizen of this state shall have the
  right of expatriation with a view to becoming a citizen of another
  country with which this state is at peace. Declaration or avowal of
  the intention to become a citizen of another country, accompanied by
  actual removal, shall be held to be a renunciation of all one's
  rights and duties as a citizen.

1-2-5 G
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  1-2-5.
    
  If a person expatriated under Code Section 1-2-4 acquires
  citizenship under some foreign power, he and his descendants who go
  with him for the purpose of residence may become citizens of this
  state again only after meeting the residence requirements and taking
  the oath of allegiance required of other foreigners as a condition
  to becoming a citizen of the United States by Section 1448 of Title
  8 of the United States Code.

1-2-6 G
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  1-2-6.
    
  (a) The rights of citizens include, without limitation, the
  following:
    
    (1) The right of personal security;
    
    (2) The right of personal liberty;
    
    (3) The right of private property and the disposition thereof;
    
    (4) The right of the elective franchise;
    
    (5) The right to hold office, unless disqualified by the
    Constitution and laws of this state;
    
    (6) The right to appeal to the courts;
    
    (7) The right to testify as a witness;
    
    (8) The right to perform any civil function; and
    
    (9) The right to keep and bear arms.
    
  (b) All citizens are entitled to exercise all their rights as
  citizens, unless specially prohibited by law.

1-2-7 G
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  1-2-7.
    
  Female citizens are entitled to the privilege of the elective
  franchise and have the right to hold any civil office or perform any
  civil function as fully and completely as do male citizens.

1-2-8 G
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  1-2-8.
    
  The law prescribes certain ages at which persons shall be considered
  of sufficient maturity to discharge certain civil functions, to make
  contracts, and to dispose of property. Prior to those ages they are
  minors and are, on account of that disability, unable to exercise
  these rights as citizens.

1-2-9 G
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  1-2-9.
    
  Such citizens of the other states of the Union as are recognized as
  citizens of the United States by the Constitution thereof shall be
  entitled, while temporarily within this state, to all the rights of
  citizens thereof, except the elective franchise, the right to hold
  office, and the right to perform such civil functions as are
  confined by law to citizens of this state.

1-2-10 G
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  1-2-10.
    
  The citizens of other states of the United States or of foreign
  states at peace with this state shall, by comity, be allowed the
  privilege of suing in the courts of this state and of giving
  evidence therein, as long as the same comity is extended in the
  courts of the other states to the citizens of this state.

1-2-11 G
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  1-2-11.
    
  (a) Aliens are the subjects of foreign governments who have not been
  naturalized under the laws of the United States.
    
  (b) Aliens who are subjects of governments at peace with the United
  States and this state, as long as their governments remain at peace
  with the United States and this state, shall be entitled to all the
  rights of citizens of other states who are temporarily in this state
  and shall have the privilege of purchasing, holding, and conveying
  real estate in this state.