6 Guam Code Ann. § 4215
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- 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.
A final judgment of any tribunal of a foreign country having jurisdiction, according to the laws of such country, to pronounce the judgment, shall have the same effect as a judicial record of a state, as provided by 4214, above.
SOURCE: CCP § 1915 modified.
SOURCE: CCP § 1915 modified.
COMMENT: A literal reading of former CCP § 1915 indicates that a foreign judgment carries greater weight in Guam than does the judgment of a state, etc., of the United States. While the record of the latter must be enforced through an action, the effect of a foreign judgment is treated as if it were a final judgment rendered on Guam,
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permitting the holder thereof to proceed as if it were a final judgment without the necessity of maintaining an action as required by 4214.
Foreign judgments should not be given greater weight than judgment of United States courts, which are protected by the Constitution. (Organic Act 5(u)).