Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 425 > Part IV > GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Administrator: means the administrator of forestry and wildlife. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 185-1
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 185-1
• Board: means the neurotrauma advisory board established under § 321H-3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321H-1
• bonds: means bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness of the State issued pursuant to this part. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 39A-311
• Branch: means an area comprising a county of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 185-1
• Business: includes every trade, occupation, and profession. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
• 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.
• Department: means department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321H-1
• Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 185-1
• Department: means the department of budget and finance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 39A-311
• Director: means the director of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321H-1
• Director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
• Entity: includes domestic and foreign corporations, domestic professional corporations, domestic and foreign limited liability companies, domestic and foreign nonprofit corporations, domestic and foreign business trusts, estates, domestic and foreign partnerships, domestic and foreign limited partnerships, domestic and foreign limited liability partnerships, trusts, two or more persons having joint or common economic interest, associations and cooperative associations, and state, federal, and foreign governments. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Individual: means a natural person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
• 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}
• Limited liability partnership: means a partnership that has filed a statement of qualification under section 425-152 and does not have a similar statement in effect in any other jurisdiction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
• Manager: means the forestry and wildlife manager of a designated branch. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 185-1
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Neurotrauma: means a severe chronic disability of a person that is attributable to an injury to the central nervous system, such as traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, and likely to continue indefinitely. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321H-1
• 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.
• 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.
• Partnership: means an association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for profit formed under § 425-109, a predecessor law, or comparable law of another jurisdiction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
• Partnership agreement: means the agreement, whether written, oral, or implied, among the partners concerning the partnership, including amendments to the partnership agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
• Person: includes any individual or entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
• Project: means any combination of land, buildings, and other improvements thereon, including without limitation irrigation systems and infrastructure, for use of, or for, or to assist an agricultural enterprise, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, machinery, equipment, furnishings, and apparatus that are deemed necessary, suitable, or useful to the enterprise. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 39A-311
• Property: means all property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
• Statement: means a registration or annual statement filed under § 425-1, a statement of correction filed under section 425-1. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Transfer: includes an assignment, conveyance, lease, mortgage, deed, and encumbrance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
• Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}