21 Guam Code Ann. § 29206
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Terms Used In 21 Guam Code Ann. § 29206
- 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.
e jurisdiction of the Island Court to issue decrees ordering the registration of land titles from and after August 9, 1951, is hereby confirmed, and any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding; and all such decrees issued by the Island Court from and after said date are hereby declared to be valid insofar as the jurisdiction of the Island Court to hear and determine such matters is concerned.
SOURCE: ‘1157.108 CC. Island Court not changed to Superior Court pursuant to P.L. 12-85 because this section was enacted specifically to deal with a problem involving the Island Court of Guam as that court existed at the time of enactment of this section, which was before the creation of the Superior Court of Guam. This section has no bearing on the jurisdiction of
the Superior Court of Guam, and the problems addressed by this section are dealt with, as to prospective actions, elsewhere in law.
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SOURCE: ‘1157.108 CC. Island Court not changed to Superior Court pursuant to P.L. 12-85 because this section was enacted specifically to deal with a problem involving the Island Court of Guam as that court existed at the time of enactment of this section, which was before the creation of the Superior Court of Guam. This section has no bearing on the jurisdiction of
the Superior Court of Guam, and the problems addressed by this section are dealt with, as to prospective actions, elsewhere in law.
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