Terms Used In 20 Guam Code Ann. § 2110

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Every person who is entitled to recover damages certain, or capable of being made certain by calculation, and the right to recover which is vested in him, upon a particular day, is entitled also to recover interest thereon from that day, except during such time as the debtor is prevented by law, or by the act of the creditor, from paying the debt.

SOURCE: CC § 3287.

COURT DECISIONS: See Capital Ins. Co. v. Globe Indemnity, 382 F.2d 623 (1967).