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Terms Used In 21 Guam Code Ann. § 17116

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
A court, rendering a judgment for the plaintiff in a proceeding awarding compensation for the actual physical taking of the real property by an instrumentality or agency of the government of Guam, or the instrumentality or agency thereof effecting a settlement of any such proceeding, shall, when required by federal law or by a federal grant contract governing the project or program, determine and award or allow to the plaintiff as a part of the judgment or settlement a sum which will reimburse the plaintiff for his reasonable costs, disbursements and expenses, including reasonable attorney, appraisal and engineering fees actually incurred because of the proceedings.
SOURCE: GC § 13979.15 enacted by P.L. 12-148.