Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 445 > Part III - Lodging or Tenement Houses, Hotels, and Boardinghouses

• Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
• Boardinghouse: means a building or buildings having at least three rooms for the accommodation of six or more unrelated persons and in which the owner or operator furnishes at least one meal per day as part of the accommodations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-90
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Hotel: means any building or portion thereof or buildings containing more than nine rooming units, in which space is let by the owner or operator to six or more unrelated persons. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-90
• 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.
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• rooming house: means any building or portion thereof containing no more than nine rooming units, in which space is let by the owner or operator to three or more unrelated persons. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-90