11-61 “Political party” defined
11-62 Qualification of political parties; petition
11-63 Party rules, amendments to be filed
11-64 Names of party officers to be filed
11-65 Determination of party disqualification; notice of disqualification

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 11 > Part V - Parties

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Aggregate bulk freight: means manmade, unpackaged, pre-processed, inspected and certified, homogenous particulate material, without mark or count, that is usually free-flowing and bought and sold by weight or volume, such as clean sand, gravel, crushed stone, slag, recycled concrete, and geosynthetic aggregates. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Algae: means any plant containing chlorophyll, which lacks true roots, stems, and leaves, and typically inhabits moist habitats, except those algae on or in humans or animals in Hawaii and those in or on processed foods, beverages, or pharmaceuticals. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-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.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Animal: means any invertebrate or vertebrate species of the animal kingdom including but not limited to mammal, bird, fish, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, insect, mite, and nematode, other than common domestic animal such as dog and cat. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • 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.
  • Bacteria: means any prokaryotic or archaeobacterial organism, except those bacteria on or in humans or animals in Hawaii, and those in or on processed foods, beverages, or pharmaceuticals. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Ballot: includes :

         (1)  A ballot summary reflecting a complete record of the ballot selections made by a voter utilizing an HTML ballot or similar accessible ballot that produces a ballot summary;

         (2)  A voter verifiable paper audit trail in the event there is a discrepancy between a voting machine's electronic record of the voted ballot and the voter verifiable paper audit trail; and

         (3)  A ballot used in an election by mail pursuant to part VIIA, including a ballot approved for electronic transmission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1

  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • 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
  • Board: means the board of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Bonds: means bonds, notes, and other instruments of indebtedness. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 47-1
  • Business: includes all activities (personal, professional, or corporate) engaged in or caused to be engaged in with the object of gain or economic benefit either direct or indirect, but does not include casual sales. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237-2
  • Business day: means any day excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and state or federal holidays. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
  • 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
  • Cement bulk freight: means unpackaged, homogenous cement, without mark or count, that is usually free-flowing and bought and sold by weight or volume. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Chairperson: means the chairperson of the board of agriculture, or the chairperson's duly authorized agents. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-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
  • Coal bulk freight: means Hawaii Revised Statutes 237-1
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Conservator: means a person appointed by the commissioner to take possession and control of a Hawaii financial institution for a temporary period in order to preserve and protect the assets of the institution for the benefit of its depositors, beneficiaries, creditors, and shareholders or members. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • 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 § 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

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • County: means the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui and the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 47-1
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Department: means the department of taxation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237D-1
  • 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
  • Director of finance: means the director of finance of each county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 47-1
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • 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
  • Donee: The recipient of a gift.
  • Fair market rental value: means an amount equal to one-half of the gross daily maintenance fees that are paid by the owner and are attributable to the time share unit located in Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237D-1
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Freight: means nonpassenger goods, cargo, or lading, transported for pay. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • General excise tax law: means chapter 237, as amended from time to time. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 238-1
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Governing body: means the council of each county, or any other body exercising the legislative powers of the county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 47-1
  • gross rental proceeds: means the gross receipts, cash or accrued, of the taxpayer received as compensation for the furnishing of transient accommodations or entering into arrangements to furnish transient accommodations and the value proceeding or accruing from the furnishing of transient accommodations or entering into arrangements to furnish transient accommodations, including resort fees without any deductions on account of the cost of property or services sold, the cost of materials used, labor cost, taxes, royalties, interest, discounts, or any other expenses whatsoever. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237D-1
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Import: means shipment to the State from any point outside of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • 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
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Insect: means an invertebrate animal belonging to the class Insecta, including beetle, bug, fly, and other arthropods, such as spider, mite, tick, centipede, and wood louse. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Inspect: means to examine material to ascertain the presence or absence of quarantine pests and to otherwise determine compliance with the provisions of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Inspector: means any employee or official of the department authorized by the board to administer and enforce the provisions of this law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • international banking corporation: means a corporation which has authority to operate as an international banking corporation under this part and has been required to use the term "international banking corporation" or such other term approved by the commissioner and containing the word "international" "foreign" "overseas" or some similar word as part of its name. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:5A-200
  • 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.
  • Label: means the written, printed, or graphic matter upon the container of any article as pertaining to plant quarantine laws and regulations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • leasing: includes all forms of lease, regardless of whether the lease is an operating lease or financing lease. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 238-1
  • Liquid bulk freight: means unpackaged, homogenous liquid goods, without mark or count, that are usually free-flowing and bought and sold by weight or volume, such as oil, or other complex mixture of petroleum hydrocarbons, bituminous liquids such as asphalt, gasoline, and fuel oils. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Local contact: means an individual residing on the same island as the transient accommodation or resort time share vacation unit or an entity with a place of business and at least one employee, officer, partner, member, or other person working on behalf of the company who is residing on the same island as the transient accommodation or resort time share vacation unit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237D-1
  • Microbial product: means any product manufactured with known cultures of microorganisms for the purpose of bioremediation or bioaugmentation, including products such as microbial pesticides. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Microorganism: means any unicellular microscopic organism including but not limited to algae, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • month: means a calendar month; and the word "year" a calendar year. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-20
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Net weight: means the gross weight of the freight minus the container weight, if any. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • oath: includes a solemn affirmation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-21
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Occupant: means an owner of a resort time share vacation plan or other person occupying the resort time share vacation unit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237D-1
  • Operator: means any person operating a transient accommodation, whether as owner or proprietor or as lessee, sublessee, mortgagee in possession, licensee, or otherwise, or engaging or continuing in any service business which involves the actual furnishing of transient accommodation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237D-1
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Owner: means any person who owns a resort time share vacation interest; provided that to the extent and for those purposes provided in an agreement of sale, the vendee under the agreement of sale shall be considered the owner of the resort time share vacation interest. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237D-1
  • Participating institution: means one or all of the financial institutions (or, where applicable, financial institution holding companies) participating in a merger or consolidation pursuant to this part. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:3-602
  • Passed: means the clearance status for entry given an article for import after inspection or quarantine requirements have been met. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • penalties: when used in connection with the additions to the tax imposed for delinquency in payment, includes interest as well. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237-1
  • 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
  • Pest: means any animal, insect, disease agent or other organism in any stage of development that is detrimental or potentially harmful to agriculture, or horticulture, or animal or public health, or natural resources including native biota or has an adverse effect on the environment as determined by the board. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Plan manager: means a person who undertakes the duties, responsibilities, and obligations of managing a resort time share vacation plan or is required to act for a resort time share vacation plan under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237D-1
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Price: means the total amount for which property, services, or contracting are purchased, valued in money, whether paid in money or otherwise, and wheresoever paid; provided that cash discounts allowed and taken on sales shall not be included. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 238-1
  • Property: means tangible personal property, intangible property, and prepaid telephone calling services but does not include:

         (1)  Newspapers or other periodical publications purchased on the subscription plan, issued at stated intervals as frequently as four times a year, and of the class admitted to the United States mails as second class matter under the laws and regulations governing the postal service on January 1, 1965;

         (2)  Securities as defined in title 15 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 238-1

  • Protozoa: means any nonphotosynthetic eukaryotic organisms, either unicellular or composed of a group of more or less identical cells, generally motile by means of appendages or movements of the cell itself at some or all stages of their life cycle, except those protozoa on or in humans or animals in Hawaii, and those in or on processed foods, beverages, or pharmaceuticals. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Purchaser: means any person purchasing property, services, or contracting and "importer" means any person importing property, services, or contracting, regardless if at the time of importation, the property, services, or contracting is owned by the importer, purchased from an unlicensed seller, or however acquired; provided that the terms "purchaser" and "importer" shall not include the State, its political subdivisions, or wholly owned agencies or instrumentalities of the State or a political subdivision; or the United States, its wholly owned agencies or instrumentalities, or any person immune from the tax imposed by this chapter under the Constitution and laws of the United States but the terms shall include national banks. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 238-1
  • Receiver: means a person appointed by the commissioner to take possession and control of a Hawaii financial institution for the purpose of liquidating and winding up the affairs of the institution. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • rental: means the leasing or renting of living quarters or sleeping or housekeeping accommodations in hotels, apartment hotels, motels, condominiums or units defined in chapter 514B, cooperative apartments, rooming houses, or other places in which lodgings are regularly furnished to transients for a consideration, without transfer of the title of such property. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237D-1
  • Representative: means any salesperson, commission agent, manufacturer's representative, broker or other person who is authorized or employed by a seller to assist the seller in selling property for use in the State, by procuring orders for the sales or otherwise, and who carries on those activities in the State, it being immaterial whether the activities are regular or intermittent. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237-1
  • Resort time share vacation interest: means any interest in a resort time share vacation unit or plan which entitles the owner thereof to the use, occupancy, or possession of a resort time share vacation unit on a periodically recurring basis. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237D-1
  • Resort time share vacation plan: means any plan or program subject to chapter 514E in which the use, occupancy, or possession of one or more resort time share vacation units circulates among various persons for less than a sixty-day period in any year, for any occupant. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237D-1
  • Resort time share vacation unit: means the actual and promised accommodations, and related facilities, which are the subject of a resort time share vacation plan. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237D-1
  • Resulting institution: means the financial institution resulting from a merger, consolidation or conversion pursuant to this part. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:3-602
  • sale: means any transfer, exchange, or barter, conditional or otherwise, in any manner or by any means, wheresoever consummated, of property, services, or contracting for a consideration. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 238-1
  • sales: includes the exchange of properties as well as the sale thereof for money. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237-1
  • Seller: means any person engaged in the business of selling property, services, or contracting, wheresoever engaged, but does not include the United States or its wholly owned agencies or instrumentalities other than national banks, the State or a political subdivision thereof, or wholly owned agencies or instrumentalities of the State or a political subdivision. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 238-1
  • Service business or calling: includes all activities engaged in for other persons for a consideration that involve the rendering of a service as distinguished from the sale of property or the production and sale of property. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 238-1
  • Soil: means that part of the upper layer of earth in which plants can grow; this material may or may not contain organic matter and includes such planting media as deteriorated peat, except clean coral, sand, pottery and industrial clay, volcanic cinders and other similar soil-free material. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subsidiary: means a corporation, joint venture, partnership, or other company that is controlled by another corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • 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
  • Taxpayer: means any person liable for any tax hereunder. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237-1
  • Taxpayer: means any person liable for any tax in this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237D-1
  • Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • 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
  • Transient accommodations: means the furnishing of a room, apartment, suite, single family dwelling, or the like to a transient for less than one hundred eighty consecutive days for each letting in a hotel, apartment hotel, motel, condominium or unit as defined in chapter 514B, cooperative apartment, dwelling unit, or rooming house that provides living quarters, sleeping, or housekeeping accommodations, or other place in which lodgings are regularly furnished to transients. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237D-1
  • Transient accommodations broker: means any person or entity, including but not limited to persons who operate online websites, online travel agencies, or online booking agencies, that offers, lists, advertises, or accepts reservations or collects whole or partial payment for transient accommodations or resort time share vacation interests, units, or plans. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237D-1
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Unlicensed seller: means any seller who, with respect to the particular sale, is not subject to the tax imposed by chapter 237, whether or not the seller holds a license under that chapter, but does not include any seller with respect to any sale which is expressly exempted from the tax imposed by chapter 237. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 238-1
  • Unlisted microorganism: means any microorganism not on the lists of nonrestricted or restricted microorganisms or on the list of select human pathogen microorganisms. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
  • Value: means fair and reasonable cash value at the time of accrual of the tax. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 238-1
  • Vehicle: means any automobile, truck, tractor and similar equipment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2