Terms Used In 7 Guam Code Ann. § 20428

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
e interest of a defendant in personal property belonging to the estate of a decedent, whether as heir, legatee, or devisee, may be attached by

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serving the personal representative of the decedent with a copy of the writ and a notice that said interest is attached. Such attachment shall not impair the powers of the representatives over the property for the purpose of administration. A copy of said writ of attachment and of said notice shall also be filed in the office of the clerk of the court in which said estate is being administered and the personal representative shall report such attach- ment to the court when any petition for distribution is filed, and in the decree made upon such petition, distribution shall be ordered to such heir, legatee, or devisee, but delivery of such property shall be ordered to the officer making the levy subject to the claim of such heir, legatee, or devisee, or any person claiming under him. The property shall not be delivered to the officer making the levy until the decree distributing such interest has become final.

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