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Terms Used In 18 Guam Code Ann. § 66504

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
A trustee can be discharged from his trust only as follows:

1. By the extinction of the trust;

2. By the completion of his duties under the trust;

3. By such means as may be prescribed by the declaration of trust;

4. By the consent of the beneficiary, if he has capacity to contract;

5. By the judgment of a competent tribunal, in a direct proceeding for that purpose, that he is of unsound mind; or

6. By the court having jurisdiction.

SOURCE: CC § 2282.