Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 388 > Part III

• 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.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Employee: includes any person suffered or permitted to work. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 388-1
• Employer: includes any individual; partnership; association; joint-stock company; trust; corporation; the personal representative of the estate of a deceased individual or the receiver, trustee, or successor of any of the same; general contractor, for purposes of wages owed to the employees of a subcontractor, as those terms are defined in section 388-11. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 388-1
• 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
• month: means a calendar month; and the word "year" a calendar year. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-20
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Wages: means compensation for labor or services rendered by an employee, whether the amount is determined on a time, task, piece, commission, or other basis of calculation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 388-1