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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 657D-15

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Court: includes any court of competent jurisdiction of the State of Hawaii, whether or not a court of record. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 657D-1
  • Military service: means service on state active duty in any of the state military forces or full time National Guard duty. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 657D-1
  • Person: when used with reference to the holder of any right alleged to exist against a person in military service or against a person secondarily liable under such right, includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, and any other forms of business association. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 657D-1
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.

A stay of any action, proceeding, attachment, or execution, ordered by any court under this chapter, shall be for the period of military service and ninety days thereafter or any part of that period, and may be subject to such terms as may be just, including payment in installments of specified amounts and at such times as the court may fix. Where the person in military service is a co-defendant with others, the plaintiff may proceed against the others by leave of the court.