Guam § 627 - Scope of Disposition to a Class; When Afterborn Child Takes.
Full text of Guam Guam Code Annotated § 627 — Scope of Disposition to a Class; When Afterborn Child Takes., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 627. Scope of Disposition to a Class; When Afterborn Child Takes.
A testamentary disposition to a class includes every person
answering to the description at the testator's death; but when the
possession is postponed to a future period, it includes also all persons
coming within the description before the time to which possession is
postponed, unless in either case the contrary manifestly appears by the
will to have been the intention of the testator. A child conceived before
but born after a testator's death, or any other period when a disposition to
a class vests in right or in possession, takes, if answering to the
description of the class.
Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 627 ("Scope of Disposition to a Class; When Afterborn Child Takes.") is part of the Guam Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Guam. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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