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Terms Used In 13 Guam Code Ann. § 3606

  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
) The holder discharges any party to the instrument to the extent that without such party’s consent the holder
(a) Without express reservation of rights releases or agrees not to sue any person against whom the party has to the knowledge of the holder a right of recourse or agrees or suspend the right to enforce against such person the instrument or collateral or otherwise discharges such person, except that failure or delay in effecting any required presentment, protest or notice of dishonor with respect to any such person does not discharge any party as to whom presentment, protest or notice of dishonor is effective or unnec- essary; or
(b) Unjustifiably impairs any collateral for the instrument given by or on behalf of the party or any person against whom he has a right of recourse.

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13 Guam Code Ann. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE
DIV. 3 COMMERCIAL PAPER

(2) By express reservation of rights against a party with a right of recourse the holder preserves
(a) All his rights against such party as of the time when the instrument was originally due; and
(b) The right of the party to pay the instrument as of that time;
and

(c) All rights of such party to recourse against others.
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