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Terms Used In 21 Guam Code Ann. § 3114

  • Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
  • 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.
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21 Guam Code Ann. REAL PROPERTY
CH. 3 ESTATES IN GENERAL

Successive estates for life cannot be limited, except to persons in being at the creation thereof, and all life estates subsequent to those of persons in being are void; and upon the death of those persons, the remainder, if valid in its creation, takes effect in the same manner as if no other life estate had been created.
SOURCE: CC ‘774.