The term “usury” means reserving and taking or contracting to reserve and take, either directly or indirectly, a greater sum for the use of money than the lawful interest.
History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2023; Code 1868, § 2024; Code 1882, § 2051; Civil Code 1895, § 2877; Civil Code 1910, § 3427; Code 1933, § 57-102.
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For note discussing the reservation of interest at highest lawful rate as constituting usury, see 1 Ga. L. Rev. No. 2 p. 38 (1927).
For note discussing whether a holder in due course takes free of claims of violations of the usury laws, see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 814 (1978).