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Terms Used In 21 Guam Code Ann. § 37102

  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
Every conveyance of real property, other than a lease for a term not exceeding one (1) year, is void as against any subsequent purchaser or mortgagee of the same property, or any part thereof, in good faith and for a valuable consideration, whose conveyance is first duly recorded, and as against any judgment affecting the title, unless such conveyance shall have been duly recorded prior to the record of notice of action.
SOURCE: CC ‘1214.