Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 432 > Article 1 > Part II – Organization
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| § 432:1-201 | Incorporation by charter |
| § 432:1-202 | Constitution and bylaws; officers; government of society |
| § 432:1-203 | Actions or proceedings |
| § 432:1-204 | Foreign societies |
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 432 > Article 1 > Part II - Organization
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 415A-2
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Member: means an individual who is covered by a mutual benefit society. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 432:1-406
- 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.
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Professional corporation: means a domestic professional corporation for profit subject to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 415A-2
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- Society: means mutual benefit society. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 432:1-406