Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 21-19

• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Investigating committee: means any of the following which are authorized to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses or the production of books, records, papers, and documents for the purpose of securing information on a specific subject for the use of the legislature:
  (1) A standing or special or select committee or committee of the whole of either house of the legislature;
  (2) A joint committee of both houses;
  (3) An authorized subcommittee of a legislative committee; and
  (4) Any body created by law, the members of which may include nonlegislators. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 21-2