Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 209 > Part I - General Provisions

• Aging and disability resource centers: means an entity established by the State as part of the state system of long-term care serving as a highly visible and trusted source where people of all incomes and ages can obtain information on the full range of long-term support options and a single point of entry for access to public long-term support programs and benefits. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 349-31
• Area agency on aging: means the agency in each county designated by the executive office on aging, under section 305(a)(2)(A) of the Older Americans Act, P. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 349-31
• 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}
• Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 209-1
• Board: means the disability and communication access board. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 348F-1
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Coordinator: means the rehabilitation coordinator provided for in section 209-4. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 209-1
• 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
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Dementia: means a group of symptoms affecting intellectual and social abilities severely enough to interfere with daily functioning. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 349-31
• Developmental disability: means a severe, chronic disability of an individual that:

  (1) Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments;

  (2) Is manifested before the individual attains age twenty-two;

  (3) Is likely to continue indefinitely;

  (4) Results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activity:

  (A) Self-care;

  (B) Receptive and expressive language;

  (C) Learning;

  (D) Mobility;

  (E) Self-direction;

  (F) Capacity for independent living; or

  (G) Economic self-sufficiency; and

  (5) Reflects the individual's need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic services, individualized supports, or other forms of assistance that are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 349-31

• Director: means the director of business, economic development, and tourism. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 209-1
• Dower: A widow
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• 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.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Family caregiver: means a spouse, adult child, other relative, partner, or friend who has a personal relationship with, and provides a broad range of unpaid assistance for an older adult with a chronic or disabling condition. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 349-31
• Intellectual disability: means a person's attributes or characteristics that demonstrate a limitation in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social, and practical skills, which are apparent prior to the age of eighteen. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 349-31
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Long-term supports and services: means the broad range of assistance and care needed by older persons or persons with physical or mental disabilities who have lost or never acquired the ability to function independently. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 349-31
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
• Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• 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.
• Recorded instrument: means any conveyance, deed, mortgage, lease assignment, or other instrument relating to this chapter and duly executed and recorded with the bureau of conveyances or the land court of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 558-3
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Severe mental illness: means one of several diseases that affects the brain and significantly and functionally impairs an individual for an indefinite period of time. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 349-31
• Small Business Administration: means the Small Business Administration of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 209-1
• State disaster: means any unfortunate, sudden, and extraordinary occurrence declared by the governor pursuant to section 209-2 to have caused losses and suffering of such character and magnitude as to require and justify rehabilitative assistance from the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 209-1
• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.