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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 651-49

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.

No sale by execution shall operate to convey a greater estate or interest in the property sold, than the defendant in execution had at the time of sale; and all such sales of property not belonging to the defendant shall subject the officer to the private action of the purchaser, being afterwards deprived thereof by the real owner.