Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 658F - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act

• Agency: means any state or county department, commission, board, bureau, office, or other establishment of the state or county government or semi-autonomous part thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2
• 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.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Appropriate federal regulatory agency: means , with respect to a financial institution or financial institution holding company, any one or more regulatory agencies of the federal government referred to in the following sentence which either (1) insures the deposits of the financial institution or financial institution holding company, or (2) has the power and duty to conduct periodic general examinations of the affairs of the financial institution or financial institution holding company by virtue of the legal characterization of the financial institution or financial institution holding company under federal law, and not by virtue of the fact of affiliation of the financial institution or financial institution holding company with any other person or an alleged violation of a specific law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Aviary game bird: includes the various species of pheasant which are of rare nature and are generally propagated and raised for its ornamental and aesthetic purposes, but does not pertain to birds raised for food, fighting, baiting, or for similar commercial purposes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 142-111
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Capital: means :

  (1) The aggregate par value or other amount received and allocated to the issued and outstanding capital stock of a financial institution; or

  (2) The total amount of a credit union's outstanding and unimpaired membership shares or share accounts. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109

• Capital stock: means the units of interest, whether or not having a par value, common or preferred, legally issued by a financial institution or other corporation, which represents a fractional ownership interest in the institution or corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Center: means the one call center. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2
• Circuit court: means the court established in each of the judicial circuits of this State pursuant to chapter 603 and which has jurisdiction under § 412:1-108 over a matter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Commission: means the public utilities commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of financial institutions of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Committee: means the one call center advisory committee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2
• Common stock: means all capital stock of a financial institution or other corporation that is not preferred stock. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Company: means any corporation, partnership, trust (business or otherwise), association, joint venture, pool syndicate, unincorporated organization, or any form of business entity not specifically listed herein and, unless specifically excluded, a financial institution; provided that "company" does not mean any trust existing on July 1, 1993, which under its terms must terminate within twenty-five years, or not later than twenty-one years and ten months after the death of individuals living on the effective date of the trust. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contractual commitment to advance funds: means

  (1) an obligation to make payments, directly or indirectly, to a third party contingent upon default by the financial institution's customer in the performance of an obligation under the terms of that customer's contract with the third party or upon some other stated condition, or

  (2) an obligation to guarantee or stand as surety for the benefit of a third party. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109

• Control: means , unless the context clearly requires otherwise, directly or indirectly, solely or through another person or transaction, or in concert with another:

  (1) Owning or having the power to vote twenty-five per cent or more of any class of voting securities;

  (2) Owning or having the power to exercise twenty-five per cent or more of the votes of a mutual association, credit union, or other entity whose voting rights are not determined by voting securities;

  (3) Owning or having the power to vote ten per cent or more of any class of voting securities if:

  (A) the issuer of that class of securities has issued any class of securities under section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or

  (B) immediately after the acquisition, no other person will own a greater percentage of that class of voting securities;

  (4) Having the power to elect by any means a majority of the directors; or

  (5) Having the power to exercise a dominant influence over management, if so determined by the commissioner after notice and a hearing. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109

• 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.
• Damage: means :

  (1) The substantial weakening of the structural or lateral support of a subsurface installation;

  (2) The penetration or destruction of any protective coating, housing, or other protective device of a subsurface installation; or

  (3) The partial or complete severance of a subsurface installation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2

• 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.
• Demolition: means the wrecking, razing, rendering, movement, or removal of a structure or mass of material by means of tools, equipment, or the placement and discharge of explosives. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2
• Department: means the department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 142-111
• Department: means the department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 142-101
• Depository institution: means a financial institution that is authorized to accept deposits under its chartering or licensing authority and includes a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, depository financial services loan company, credit union, or intra-Pacific bank. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• deposits: means money or its equivalent received or held by a person in the usual course of business and for which it has given or is obligated to give credit, either conditionally or unconditionally, to a demand, checking, savings, time, passbook, negotiable order of withdrawal, thrift, or share account, or which is evidenced by its passbook, certificate of deposit, thrift certificate, investment certificate, certificate of indebtedness, or other similar instrument, or a check, draft, or share draft drawn against a deposit account and certified by a person, on which the person is primarily liable. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Director: means any member of the board of directors of a financial institution, whether or not receiving compensation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Division: means the division of financial institutions of the department of commerce and consumer affairs of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Emergency: means a sudden, unexpected occurrence involving a clear and imminent danger, demanding immediate action to prevent or mitigate loss of or damage to life, health, property, or essential public services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Excavation: means any operation in which earth, rock, or other material in the ground is moved, removed, or otherwise displaced by means of tools, equipment, or explosives, including but not limited to the following: grading, trenching, digging, ditching, boring, drilling, auguring, tunneling, scraping cable or pipe plowing and driving, demolition, and dredging. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2
• Excavator: means any person, including an operator, who performs any excavation, other than an operator whose employees are performing maintenance work on the operator's subsurface installation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2
• Federal: means belonging to, part of, or related to the government of the United States of America. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Federal financial institution: means a national banking association, federal savings bank, federal savings and loan association or federal credit union. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Federal Home Loan Bank: means a federal home loan bank created and organized under the authority of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Federal Reserve Bank: means a federal reserve bank created and organized under the authority of the Federal Reserve Act. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Federal Reserve Board: means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System created and described in the Federal Reserve Act. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Federal Reserve System: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks in major cities throughout the United States. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Financial institution: means a Hawaii financial institution, and unless the context indicates otherwise, a federal financial institution or foreign financial institution. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Financial institution holding company: means a holding company which controls a Hawaii financial institution or which controls another financial institution holding company. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Foreign financial institution: means a person, other than a Hawaii financial institution or a federal financial institution whose operations are principally conducted in this State, which is authorized to engage under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, or does engage, in the business of accepting deposits or making loans or engaging in the trust business. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Hawaii financial institution: means :

  (1) A corporation or credit union that holds a charter or license under this chapter or under prior Hawaii law, authorizing it to accept deposits, to make loans in excess of the rates permitted in chapter 478, or to engage in the business of a trust company; or

  (2) A resulting bank as defined in article 12,

  and includes a corporation or credit union existing and chartered as a Hawaii financial institution or licensed to transact business in this State on July 1, 1993. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109

• Holding company: means any company which controls another company. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Identification leg band: means the band placed around the pigeon's leg identifying the owner by name or initials or containing numbers or letters or a combination thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 142-101
• immediate family: means the spouse of an individual, the individual's minor children, and any of the individual's children (including adults) residing in the individual's home. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• In concert with another: means

  (1) knowing participation in a joint activity or interdependent conscious parallel action towards a common goal whether or not pursuant to an express agreement; or

  (2) a combination or pooling of voting or other interests in the securities of an issuer for a common purpose pursuant to any contract, understanding, relationship, agreement, or other arrangement, whether written or otherwise. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109

• Inquiry identification number: means the number issued by the center to every excavator who contacts the center for the purpose of excavating. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2
• Insolvency: means , with respect to a financial institution, that the value of its assets is insufficient to pay its depositors and its creditors. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• 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}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Loans and extensions of credit: includes a contractual commitment to advance funds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• Obligation: means any bond, debt, debenture, loan, note or similar undertaking. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• One call center: means a private provider selected by the commission pursuant to § 269E-5 that provides advance warning to excavators of the location of subsurface installations in the area of an excavation for the purpose of protecting those installations from damage. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2
• Operator: means any person who owns, operates, or maintains a subsurface installation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2
• 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.
• Passbook: means any book, statement of account, or other record used by a financial institution to record deposits, withdrawals, interest, dividends and changes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Person: means any individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association, agency, cooperative or joint stock association, contractor, subcontractor, operator, or other entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2
• Person: means a natural person, entity or organization, including without limitation an individual, corporation, joint venture, partnership, sole proprietorship, association, cooperative, estate, trust, or governmental unit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Pigeon: includes all carrier and show birds but does not pertain to birds raised for food or for similar commercial purposes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 142-101
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• Preferred stock: means capital stock in a financial institution or other corporation which entitles its holders to some preference or priority over the owners of common stock, usually with respect to dividends or asset distributions in liquidation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• Retained earnings: means the net income of a financial institution earned since its inception which has not been distributed to its shareholders or transferred or allocated to capital stock or surplus or, as the case may be, the accumulated deficits of the financial institution. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Stock financial institution: means a financial institution that issues shares of capital stock as evidence of fractional ownership in the institution. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Subsidiary: means a corporation, joint venture, partnership, or other company that is controlled by another corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Subsurface installation: means any pipeline, conduit, cable, duct, wire, sewer line, storm drain, vault, or other structure that is located underground. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• surplus: includes retained earnings, whether or not transferred or allocated to surplus. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• this State: means the State of Hawaii, its political subdivisions, agencies, and departments. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109