Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 480D - Collection Practices

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Consumer debt: means any debt of a natural person incurred primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 480D-2
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Debt: means any obligation or alleged obligation of a person to pay money arising out of any transaction, whether or not the obligation has been reduced to judgment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 480D-2
• Debt collector: means any person, who is not a collection agency regulated pursuant to chapter 443B, and who in the regular course of business collects or attempts to collect consumer debts owed or due or asserted to be owed or due to the collector. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 480D-2
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• 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.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means an individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, association, business, trust, or any organized group of persons, or any combination thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 480D-2