7 Guam Code Ann. § 20116
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Terms Used In 7 Guam Code Ann. § 20116
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
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7 Guam Code Ann. CIVIL PROCEDURE
CH. 20 PROVISIONAL REMEDIES IN CIVIL ACTIONS
The qualifications of bail are as follows:
1. Each of them must be a resident and householder or freeholder within the Territory of Guam.
2. Each must be worth the amount specified in the order of the arrest or the amount to which the order is reduced, as provided in this Chapter, over and above all his debts and liabilities, exclusive of property exempt from execution; but the judge or clerk, on justification, may allow more than two sureties to justify severally in amounts less than that expressed in the order if the whole justification be equivalent to that of two sufficient bail.
SOURCE: CCP § 494.