{"data":{"id":"us-gu/7-gca-21301","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"7 GCA § 21301","heading":"Order of Proceeding On Trial.","body":"The trial must proceed in the following order, unless the judge, for special reasons, otherwise directs:\n(a) The plaintiff, after stating the issue and his case, must\nproduce the evidence on his part;\n(b) The defendant may then open his defense, and offer his\nevidence in support thereof;\n(c) The parties may then respectively offer rebutting evidence only, unless the court, for good reason, in furtherance of justice, permits them to offer evidence upon their original case;\n(d) When the evidence is concluded, unless the case is submitted to the court on either side or on both sides without argument, the plaintiff must commence and may conclude the argument;\n(e) If several defendants, having separate defenses, appear by different counsel, the court must determine their relative order in evidence and argument.","path":["Title 7: Judiciary and Civil Procedure","Division 2 - Civil Actions","Chapter 21: Trial and Judgment in Civil Actions","ARTICLE 3: TRIAL BY THE COURT"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/7gc021.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T02:33:48Z","sha256":"8f97ab495785f61a086d1ae4ef54cf51f6aebbc80cb490fd1234733841961175","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/7-gca-21201","next":"us-gu/7-gca-21302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}