Terms Used In 7 Guam Code Ann. § 21402

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
A party may object to the appointment of any person as referee, on one or more of the following grounds:

(a) Consanguinity or affinity, within the third degree, to either party, or to an officer of a corporation which is a party, or to any judge of the court in which the appointment shall be made;
(b) Standing in the relation of guardian and ward, master and servant, employer and clerk, or principal and agent, to either party; or being a member of the family of either party; or a partner in business with either party; or security on any bond or obligation for either party;

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(c) Having been a witness on any trial between the same parties for the same cause of action;

(d) Interest on the part of such person in the event of the action, or in the main question involved in the action;

(e) Having formed or expressed an unqualified opinion or belief as to the merits of the action;

(f) The existence of a state of mind in such person evincing enmity against or bias to either party.

SOURCE: CCP § 641.

2017 NOTE: Subsection designations altered pursuant to the authority of 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.