§ 74101 Legislative Purposes
§ 74102 Definitions
§ 74103 Landowner=s Recovery Fund Created
§ 74104 Appropriation
§ 74105 Administering Authority
§ 74106 Classes of Loan
§ 74107 Eligibility Requirements for Loans
§ 74108 Loan Standards and Conditions
§ 74109 Transfer of Funds
§ 74110 Source of Funds
§ 74111 Land Claimants List
§ 74112 Legislative purpose for §§ 74116 through 74122 of this\r\nChapter
§ 74113 Appropriations
§ 74114 Authorization for Appropriations
§ 74115 Easements and Rights-Of-Way
§ 74116 Environmental Impact Study
§ 74117 Appraisal Study
§ 74119 Professional Services
§ 74120 Title
§ 74121 Special Litigator

Terms Used In Guam Code > Title 12 > Chapter 74 - Landowners' Recovery Fund

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • 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.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.