Terms Used In 7 Guam Code Ann. § 11407

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
If an action is commenced within the time prescribed therefor, and judgment therein for the plaintiff be reversed on appeal, the plaintiff, or, if he dies and the cause of action survives, his representatives, may commence a new action within one (1) year after the reversal.

SOURCE: CCP § 355.