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Terms Used In 7 Guam Code Ann. § 20206

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
At any time before the delivery of the property to the plaintiff, the defendant may, if he does not except to the sureties of the plaintiff, require

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7 Guam Code Ann. CIVIL PROCEDURE
CH. 20 PROVISIONAL REMEDIES IN CIVIL ACTIONS

the return thereof, upon giving to the marshal a written undertaking, executed by two or more sufficient sureties, to the effect that they are bound in double the value of the property, as stated in the affidavit of the plaintiff for the delivery thereof to the plaintiff, if such delivery be adjudged, and for the payment to him such sum as may, for any cause, be recovered against the defendant. If a return of the property be not so required within five (5) days after the taking and service of notice to the defendant, it must be delivered to the plaintiff, except as provided in § 20205.
SOURCE: CCP § 514; amended by P.L. 4-89.