Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 669 - Quieting Title

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• articles: includes amended and restated articles of incorporation, and articles of merger. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
• Bylaws: means the code or codes of rules (other than the articles) adopted pursuant to this chapter for the regulation or management of the affairs of the corporation irrespective of the name or names by which the rules are designated. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Corporation: means a nonprofit corporation unless otherwise specified. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• filing: means filed in the office of the department director. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
• Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
• Member: means (without regard to what a person is called in the articles or bylaws) any person or persons having the rights and obligations of membership pursuant to a corporation's articles of incorporation or bylaws. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
• Person: includes any individual or entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Principal office: means the office (in or out of the State) so designated in the annual report where the principal offices of a domestic or foreign corporation are located. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
• Probate: Proving a will
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Record date: means the date established under part VI or part VII on which a corporation determines the identity of its members for the purposes of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Vote: includes authorization by ballot and written consent. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
• Voting power: means the total number of votes entitled to be cast for the election of directors at the time the determination of voting power is made, excluding a vote which is contingent upon the happening of a condition or event that has not occurred at the time. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14