15 Guam Code Ann. § 1717
Terms Used In 15 Guam Code Ann. § 1717
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Probate: Proving a will
- Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
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15 Guam Code Ann. ESTATES AND PROBATE
CH. 17 APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTORS AND OF
ADMINISTRATORS WITH THE WILL ANNEXED
When letters testamentary are not granted by the Superior Court of Guam to all executors named in a will, those to whom such letters are granted have the same authority to act in every respect as effectually as all would have if letters had been granted to all.
SOURCE: Probate Code of Guam (1970), § 408.
§ 1719. Powers of Named Executor Before Grant of Letters
Testamentary.
No person has any power as an executor before he qualifies, except that before letters testamentary are granted, the person or persons named in the testator‘s will as executor or executors may pay the charges for the testator’s funeral and take necessary measures for the preservation of the estate.
SOURCE: Probate Code of Guam (1970), § 400.