Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 304A > Part II > STATE HIGHER EDUCATION LOANS

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Arrest: means the restraint of a person by an order, not imposed as a punishment for an offense, directing the person to remain within certain specified limits. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 124B-1
• Code: means the Hawaii Code of Military Justice. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 124B-1
• Commanding officer: includes :
  (1) Only commissioned officers of the state military forces; and
  (2) Officers in charge only when administering nonjudicial punishment under section 124B-21. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 124B-1
• Commissioned officer: includes a commissioned warrant officer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 124B-1
• Confinement: means the physical restraint of a person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 124B-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Enlisted member: means a person in an enlisted grade. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 124B-1
• Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
• Governor: means the governor of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 124B-1
• Military: refers to any or all of the armed forces. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 124B-1
• Officer: means a commissioned officer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 124B-1
• Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• State military forces: means the National Guard of the State, as defined in title 32 United States Code § 101(3), the organized naval militia of the State, and any other military force organized under the laws of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 124B-1
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• university: refers to the University of Hawaii, unless otherwise required by the context. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 304A-101