Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 134 > Part IV - Gun Violence Protective Orders

• ABLE savings account: means an individual savings account established in accordance with this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
• Account owner: means the person who enters into a savings agreement pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Applicant: means the person for whose use and benefit application for services or public assistance is made. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Chief of police: means the chief of police of the counties of Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, or the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 134-1
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contingent beneficiary: Receiver of property or benefits if the first named beneficiary fails to receive any or all of the property or benefits in question before his (her) death.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
• Department: means the department of human services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
• Designated beneficiary: means a resident of the State whose qualified disability expenses may be paid from the account. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
• Director: means the director of finance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
• Director: means the director of human services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Eligible educational institution: means :

  (1) An institution described in sections 481(a)(1) or 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1

• Eligible individual: means an individual who is entitled to benefits based on blindness or disability under title 42 United States Code § 401 et seq. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
• 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.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Fiduciary organization: means an organization that serves as an intermediary between an individual account holder and the financial institution holding the individual's individual development account funds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1
• Financial institution: means an organization authorized to do business pursuant to chapter 412, or under federal laws relating to financial institutions, and includes a bank, trust company, savings bank, building and loan association, savings and loan company or association, and credit union. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1
• Firearm: means any weapon, for which the operating force is an explosive, including but not limited to pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, automatic firearms, noxious gas projectors, mortars, bombs, and cannon. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 134-1
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Household: means adults related by blood, marriage, or adoption, or who are unrelated but have maintained a stable family relationship together over a period of time, and individuals under eighteen years of age related to the above adults by marriage, blood, or adoption, who are living together. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1
• Individual development account: means an optional, interest bearing, subsidized, tax-benefitted account used exclusively for the purpose of paying the qualified expenditure of an eligible individual as determined by the fiduciary organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1
• Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
• month: means a calendar month; and the word "year" a calendar year. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-20
• 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.
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Program: means the Hawaii ABLE savings program established under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
• Program manager: means a financial organization selected by the director of finance to act as a depository and manager of the program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
• Provider: means any person or public or private institution, agency or business concern authorized by the department to provide health care, service or supplies to beneficiaries of medical assistance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
• Qualified acquisition costs: means the costs of acquiring, constructing, or reconstructing a residence and shall include any usual or reasonable settlement, financing, or other closing costs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1
• Qualified business: means any business that does not contravene any law or public policy. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1
• Qualified expenditures: means an expense as determined by a fiduciary organization, which may include but not be limited to:

  (1) Costs associated with first homeownership;

  (2) Post-secondary education;

  (3) Vocational training; and

  (4) Small or micro-business capitalization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1

• Qualified plan: means a business plan or a plan to use a business asset purchased, that:

  (1) Is approved by a financial institution, a micro-enterprise development organization, or a nonprofit loan fund having demonstrated fiduciary integrity;

  (2) Includes a description of services or goods to be sold, a marketing plan, and projected financial statements; and

  (3) May require the eligible individual to obtain the assistance of an experienced entrepreneurial advisor. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1

• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Recipient: means the person for whose use and benefit services are rendered or a grant of public assistance is made. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.