§ 24101 Foreclosure of Mortgages
§ 24102 The Complaint in an Action for Foreclosure of a Mortgage
§ 24103 Trial and Judgment in Foreclosure Suits
§ 24104 Sale of the Mortgaged Property
§ 24105 Disposition of Proceeds
§ 24106 Disposition of Proceeds in Case the Debt is Not All Due
§ 24107 Judgment for Balance After Sale of Property
§ 24108 Final Record
§ 24416 Court May Confirm, etc
§ 24446 Apportionment of Litigation Expenses
§ 24401 Who May Bring Actions for Partition
§ 24402 Action for Partition of Personal Property
§ 24403 Interest of All Parties Must be Set Forth in the Complaint
§ 24404 Lienholders Not of Record Need Not Be Made Parties
§ 24405 Plaintiff Must File Notice of Lis Pendens
§ 24406 Summons; to Whom Directed
§ 24407 Unknown Parties May be Served by Publication
§ 24408 Answer of Defendant; What to Contain
§ 24409 Rights of All Parties May be Put in Issue
§ 24410 Partial Partition
§ 24411 Rights of Lienholders
§ 24412 Question of Sale or Partition; Appointment of a Referee
§ 24413 Death or Insanity of Party
§ 24414 Partition Must be According to Rights of Parties
§ 24415 Report of Referees
§ 24416 v2 Court May Confirm, etc
§ 24417 Judgment Not to Affect Tenants for Years to the Whole\r\nProperty
§ 24418 Expense of Partition Must be Apportioned Among the Parties
§ 24419 A Lien on an Undivided Interest of Any Party is a Charge\r\nOnly on the Share Assigned to Such Party
§ 24420 Estate for Life or Years May be Set Off in a Part of the\r\nProperty not Sold, When Not all Sold
§ 24421 Application of Proceeds of Sale of Encumbered Property
§ 24422 Party Holding Other Securities May be Required First to\r\nExhaust Them
§ 24423 Disposition of Sale Proceeds
§ 24424 When Proceeds of Sale are Paid Into Court
§ 24425 Referee\’s Sales May be Public or Private
§ 24426 Court Must Direct Terms of Sale or Credit
§ 24427 Referees may Take Securities for Purchase Money
§ 24429 Court May Fix Such Compensation
§ 24430 Court Must Protect Unknown Tenants
§ 24431 Securing Value of Contingent Future Rights or Estates or Life\r\nEstates
§ 24432 Terms of Sale Must Be Made Known at the Time; Lots Must be Sold Separately
§ 24433 Who May Not be Purchasers
§ 24434 Referees Must Report Sale to Court
§ 24435 Referees to Execute Conveyances
§ 24436 Proceeding if Lienholder Becomes a Purchaser
§ 24437 Conveyances Must be Recorded, and Shall be a Bar Against\r\nParties
§ 24438 Proceeds of Unknown Parties – How Invested
§ 24439 Investment in Then Name of the Director of Administration
§ 24440 When Parties\’ Interests Ascertained, Securities to Be in Their\r\nNames
§ 24442 When Unequal Partition is Ordered, Compensation may be\r\nAdjudged in Certain Cases
§ 24443 Infant\’s Share May be Paid to Guardian
§ 24444 Insane Person\’s Guardian May Receive That Party\’s Interest
§ 24445 Costs of Partition
§ 24446 v2 Apportionment of Litigation Expenses
§ 24503 Complaint Must be Verified
§ 24501 When Vessels, etc
§ 24502 Actions, How Brought
§ 24503 v2 Complaint Must Be Verified
§ 24504 Summons May be Served on Owners, etc
§ 24505 Attaching Vessels, etc
§ 24506 Writ When Issued
§ 24507 Contents of Writ
§ 24508 Execution of Writ
§ 24509 Who May Defend
§ 24510 Discharge of Attachment
§ 24511 Additional Means of Discharge
§ 24512 Sale and Application of Proceeds
§ 24513 Mariners and Others May Assert Their Claims for Wages, Notwithstanding Prior Attachment; How Enforced
§ 24514 Proof of the Claims of Mariners and Others
§ 24515 Notice of Sale to Contain Measurement, Tonnage, etc
§ 24605 Release or Covenant Not To Sue
§ 24601 Short Title
§ 24602 Right of Contribution
§ 24603 Percentage Shares
§ 24604 Enforcement
§ 24605 v2 Release or Covenant Not To Sue
§ 24606 Determination of Good Faith of Settlement with One or More\r\nTortfeasors; Review by Writ of Mandate
§ 24607 Retroactivity

Terms Used In Guam Code > Title 7 > Chapter 24 - Actions in Particular Cases

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • 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.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • 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.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • 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.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • 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
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • 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.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • 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.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • 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.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • 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.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.