6 Guam Code Ann. § 2508
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Terms Used In 6 Guam Code Ann. § 2508
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- 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.
- Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
- 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.
The declaration, act or omission of a member of a family who is a decedent or out of the jurisdiction, is also admissible as evidence of common reputation, in cases where, on questions of pedigree, such reputation is admissible.
SOURCE: CCP § 1852.
CROSS-REFERENCE: See Div. 1 § 803(19) for exclusion of this type of evidence from the hearsay rule.