§ 3401 Mode of Setting for Hearing and of Giving Notice
§ 3403 Requests for Special Notice
§ 3405 Special Notice, United States Agencies
§ 3407 Additional Notice
§ 3409 Postponement
§ 3411 Personal Notice by Citation
§ 3413 Issue and Service of Citation
§ 3417 Number of Publications
§ 3419 Jurisdictional Facts Unnecessary in Orders
§ 3421 Recordation of Orders Relating to Real Property
§ 3423 Rules of Trial and Other Probate Proceedings
§ 3425 Motion for New Trial
§ 3431 Official Forms in Appendix Minimally Acceptable; Judicial Council May Alter, Delete or Add Forms; Effective Date of Alterations, Deletions or Additions
§ 3433 Appealable Orders
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Terms Used In Guam Code > Title 15 > Chapter 34 - Notices, Orders, Procedure, Appeals, Forms

  • 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.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • 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.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.