Terms Used In 7 Guam Code Ann. § 25105

  • 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.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
In the event of the death of any person having at his death a right of appeal, the attorney of record representing the decedent in the court in which the judgment was rendered may appeal therefrom at any time before the appointment of an executor or an administrator of the estate of the decedent.

SOURCE: CCP § 941.

NOTE: CCP § 942 has been superseded by Rule 65 of the GRCP and, therefore, will not appear here.