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Terms Used In 5 Guam Code Ann. § 23108

  • 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.
The Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches of the government of Guam shall each have exclusive jurisdiction and control with regard to persons under their supervision or authority or cognizance authorized to travel at government expense and in all matters relating to travel of dependents, allowances, provisions for travel authorization, indirect travel, advancements (including recovery thereof), reporting and accounting for expenditures, and reimbursements of expenses of such persons. The members of the Legislature shall account to the Committee on Rules of the Legislature as to their expenditure of travel funds authorized by this Chapter in accordance with legislative rules and regulations.

SOURCE: GC § 6610.8.