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Terms Used In 6 Guam Code Ann. § 2506

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
Where, also, the declaration, act or omission forms a part of a transaction, which is itself the fact in dispute or evidence of that fact, such declaration, act or omission is evidence, as part of the transaction.
SOURCE: CCP § 1850.

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6 Guam Code Ann. EVIDENCE
DIV. 2 PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE
CH. 2 THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE

CROSS-REFERENCE: See Div. 1 §§ 803-806 for Rules governing the admission of this type of evidence as, where applicable, exceptions to the hearsay rule.