Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 206E > Part VI - Special Facility Projects

• Adoption assistance: means the provision of one or more of the following to enable the adoption of children with special needs:

  (1) Monetary assistance;

  (2) Medical benefits; or

  (3) Social services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1

• Adult: means an individual who has attained the age of eighteen years. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 554B-1
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Authority: means the Hawaii community development authority established by section 206E-3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-2
• 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}
• Beneficiary: means an individual for whom property has been delivered to a custodial trustee for the individual's use and benefit under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 554B-1
• Conservator: means a person appointed or qualified by a court to manage the estate of an individual or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 554B-1
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• 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.
• Court: means the circuit court of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 554B-1
• Custodial trust property: means an interest in property transferred to a custodial trustee under this chapter and the income from and proceeds of that interest. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 554B-1
• Custodial trustee: means a person designated as trustee of a custodial trust under this chapter and includes a substitute or successor custodial trustee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 554B-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.
• Department: means the department of human services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Director: means the director of human services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Donee: The recipient of a gift.
• 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.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Financial assistance: means public assistance, except for payments for medical care, social service payments, transportation assistance, and emergency assistance under § 346-65, including funds received from the federal government. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• 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.
• Guardian: means a person appointed or qualified by a court as a guardian of an individual and includes a limited guardian, but excludes a person who is merely a guardian ad litem. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 554B-1
• Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
• Incapacitated: means that an individual lacks the ability to manage property and business affairs effectively by reason of mental illness, mental deficiency, physical illness or disability, chronic use of drugs, chronic intoxication, confinement, detention by a foreign power, disappearance, minority, or other cause. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 554B-1
• Independent adjuster: means an adjuster representing the interests of the insurer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:9-105
• 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.
• 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}
• Legal representative: means a personal representative or conservator. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 554B-1
• Medical care: means all kinds of medical care, psychiatric care, dental care, and maternity care, including surgical care, hospital care, eye care (which includes optical appliances), materials, supplies, and all other appliances used in the care, treatment and rehabilitation of patients, and hospitalization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
• month: means a calendar month; and the word "year" a calendar year. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-20
• 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.
• Person: means an individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 554B-1
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Personal representative: includes an executor, administrator, or special administrator of a decedent's estate or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions and includes a successor personal representative. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 554B-1
• 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}
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Public adjuster: means an adjuster employed by and solely representing the financial interests of the insured named in the policy. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:9-105
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• 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).
• Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• State: means a state, commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 554B-1
• Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• Transferor: means a person who creates a custodial trust by transfer or declaration. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 554B-1
• Trust company: means a financial institution, corporation, or other legal entity, authorized to exercise general trust powers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 554B-1
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.