§ 1901 Causes for Appointment of Special Administrators
§ 1903 Notice; Appointment; Preference; Qualifications; Nonappealable Order
§ 1905 Security for Faithful Performance of Special Administrator; Oath; Letters
§ 1907 Powers and Duties of Special Administrator
§ 1915 Accounts and Commissions of Special Administrators; Attorney\’s Fees; Division of Commissions and Fees; Procedure for Early Payment of Extraordinary Attorney\’s Fees
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Terms Used In Guam Code > Title 15 > Chapter 19 - Appointment of Special Administrator

  • 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
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • 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.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Probate: Proving a will
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  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
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