Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 425E > Article 7 - Transferable Interests and Rights of Transferees and Creditors

• Actual address: means a residential, work, or school address as specified on an applicant's application and includes the applicant's county of residence and voting precinct. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
• Agency: means an agency or instrumentality of the State or any of its political subdivisions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
• Applicant: includes a primary applicant and a secondary applicant. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
• Application assistant: means a current employee or volunteer serving a victim services organization who is certified by the program pursuant to this chapter to assist individuals with applications to participate in the program; provided that an application assistant shall not be an employee of the program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
• county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the department of law enforcement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• 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.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Limited partner: means :

  (1) With respect to a limited partnership, a person that:

  (A) Becomes a limited partner under § 425E-301; or

  (B) Was a limited partner in a limited partnership when the limited partnership became subject to this chapter under section 425E-1204(a) or (b); and

  (2) With respect to a foreign limited partnership, a person that has rights, powers, and obligations similar to those of a limited partner in a limited partnership. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102

• participant: means an individual accepted into the address confidentiality program, and includes a primary participant and a secondary participant. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
• Partner: means a limited partner or general partner. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
• 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 agreement: means the partners' agreement, whether oral, implied, in a record, or in any combination, concerning the limited partnership. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
• Person: includes any individual or entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Primary applicant: means an individual who is applying to participate in the address confidentiality program as a victim of domestic abuse, a sexual offense, or stalking; provided that a parent or guardian applying on behalf of a minor or an incapacitated person shall not be considered a primary applicant; provided further that a parent or guardian may apply as a secondary applicant under section 801G-4. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
• program: means the program established by section 801G-2. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
• Required information: means the information that a limited partnership is required to maintain under § 425E-111. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
• Sexual offense: means an act described in § 707-730, 707-731, 707-732, 707-733, 707-733. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
• Stalking: means any act described in sections 711-1106. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Transfer: includes an assignment, conveyance, deed, bill of sale, lease, mortgage, security interest, encumbrance, gift, and transfer by operation of law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
• Transferable interest: means a partner's right to receive distributions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
• Transferee: means a person to which all or part of a transferable interest has been transferred, whether or not the transferor is a partner. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Victim services organization: means a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that provides assistance to, or advocates for, victims of domestic abuse or sexual violence, including rape crisis centers; an organization operating a shelter or providing professional counseling services; or an organization that provides assistance with the legal process including but not limited to the victim-witness assistance program and victim-witness assistance units established in section 28-111. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1