4 Guam Code Ann. § 9104
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- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- 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.
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
The provisions of this Chapter shall be enforceable by injunction proceedings as provided in this Section. The Attorney General, at his own instance or at the request of the Governor or any other officer, board, commission or other agency of the Government, in the event any person shall be violating any provision of this Chapter, or there shall be reasonable cause to believe that such person is about to violate any provision of this Chapter, shall institute appropriate proceedings to enjoin any acts, activities or conduct forbidden by this Chapter. Jurisdiction to hear and dispose of all actions under this Chapter is hereby conferred upon each Superior Court of Guam judge and each such judge shall have power to issue such orders and decrees by way of injunction, mandatory or otherwise, as may be appropriate to enforce the provisions of this Chapter. All such actions shall be brought in the name of the People of the territory of Guam by the Attorney General and may be brought against any association or labor organization under its common name, in which event process may be served on any officer, trustee, agent or representative of such association or labor organization or otherwise as provided by law and the joint or common property of the association or labor organization shall be bound for the satisfaction of any award of damages. In the event of a violation of, or failure to comply with any such order of the court, compensatory or punitive damages may be awarded to the Government or such other proceedings may be had as the court may deem proper. This Section shall not be construed as precluding the Attorney General from resorting to any other remedies or proceedings which may be appropriate, the Attorney General being hereby authorized to represent the Government in all such
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matters and to resort to any or all of the applicable remedies and pro- ceedings, according to his best judgment.
SOURCE: GC § 4378.