Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 468L > Part I - General Provisions

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Charter tour: means any travel services in which a travel agency contracts with an air carrier and offers for sale a charter, with or without related ground transportation or hotel accommodations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468L-1
• Charter tour operator: means any person who sells or offers for sale charter tours, whether offered on a wholesale or retail basis, excluding any direct air carrier as defined by title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, section 380. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468L-1
• Consumer: means any purchaser of travel services other than a retailer or wholesaler of travel services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468L-1
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the department of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468L-1
• Director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468L-1
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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.
• 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.
• Person: means any sole proprietorship, organization, trust, group, association, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, society or other entity, or any combination of any of the foregoing. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468L-1
• Qualified charter tour client trust assets: means cash or cash equivalents held by a bank or a similar federally-insured financial institution in one or more separate charter tour client trust accounts maintained in compliance with sections 468L-5 and 468L-23. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468L-1
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Travel agency: means any person who for compensation or other consideration, acts or attempts to act as an intermediary between a person seeking to purchase travel services and any person seeking to sell travel services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468L-1
• Travel services: includes transportation by air, sea, or rail; related ground transportation; hotel accommodations; or package tours, whether offered on a wholesale or retail basis. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468L-1
• Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. ^{Source: OCC}