6 Guam Code Ann. § 4217
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Terms Used In 6 Guam Code Ann. § 4217
- 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.
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- 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.
Any judicial record may be impeached by evidence of a want of jurisdiction in the court of judicial officer, of collusion between the parties, or of fraud in the party offering the record, in respect to the proceedings.
SOURCE: CCP § 1916.
COMMENT: The Advisory Committee’s Note to FRE Rule 902, as promulgated by the Supreme Court, states that in no instance is the opposite party foreclosed from disputing authenticity of a document covered by FRE (GRE) 902. This Section, therefore, adds to 902 by providing the means by which a judicial record may be impeached, and gives substantive reasons not related to the authenticity of the actual record.