Where statutes or case law of general application in this state require action within a term of court, in the municipal court this shall signify within one hundred eighty (180) days; where action is required by the next term of court, this shall signify after one hundred eighty (180) days; and on or before three hundred sixty-five (365) days, unless by charter, ordinance or internal operating procedure term of court is otherwise defined.
Ga. Unif. Mun. Ct. R. 10