Terms Used In 21 Guam Code Ann. § 65103

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(a) Ocean Shore means the land between the mean low waterline and series of lines connecting angle points located at a distance of twenty-five (25) feet inland from the two (2) feet contour line as established by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. The angle points shall be so

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selected as to secure maximum parallelism of the twenty-five (25) feet setback line with the two (2) feet contour.

(b) Public Highway. For purposes of this Chapter the term Public Highway means any highway, street, road, jeep trail, or any other thoroughfare intended for, or utilized by, motor vehicles and which is owned or maintained by the government of Guam or any agency or instrumentality of the United States Government as of the effective date of this Chapter.

(c) Traditional Right-of-Way. For the purposes of this Chapter the term Traditional right-of-way means any road, trail, bull cart road, easement, or right-of-way, by whatever terms known and described, title to which was held by the government of Spain by legal or ecclesiastical right as of the effective day of the Treaty of Paris; and, further, shall include any road, way, trail, bull cart road, easement, or right-of-way, by whatever term known and described, and which has been included by delineation, description, narrative, or reference in any map, report, writing, or official document produced by, for, or under the supervision of, the United States Naval Government of Guam. The term Traditional right-of-way shall not include any traditional right-of-way as herein described which has been the subject of a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction.