Sections
ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS 412:1-100 – 412:1-109
ARTICLE 2 DIVISION OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 412:2-100 – 412:2-611
ARTICLE 3 ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 412:3-100 – 412:3-618
ARTICLE 4 DEPOSITS IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS GENERALLY 412:4-100 – 412:4-113
ARTICLE 5 BANKS 412:5-100 – 412:5-407
ARTICLE 5A INTERNATIONAL BANKING CORPORATIONS 412:5A-100 – 412:5A-300
ARTICLE 6 SAVINGS BANKS 412:6-100 – 412:6-307
ARTICLE 7 SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS 412:7-100 – 412:7-400
ARTICLE 8 TRUST COMPANIES 412:8-100 – 412:8-500
ARTICLE 9 FINANCIAL SERVICES LOAN COMPANIES 412:9-100 – 412:9-500
ARTICLE 10 CREDIT UNIONS 412:10-100 – 412:10-808
ARTICLE 11 FINANCIAL INSTITUTION HOLDING COMPANIES 412:11-100 – 412:11-106
ARTICLE 12 INTERSTATE BRANCHING AND BANK MERGERS 412:12-100 – 412:12-110
ARTICLE 13 THE HAWAII INTERNATIONAL BANKING ACT 412:13-100 – 412:13-301
ARTICLE 14 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 412:14-100

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 412 - Code of Financial Institutions

  • ABLE savings account: means an individual savings account established in accordance with this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Account owner: means the individual who enters into a tuition savings agreement pursuant to this chapter and as defined under the proposed income tax regulations, sections 1. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256-1
  • Account owner: means the person who enters into a savings agreement pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Acquisition of a branch: means the acquisition of a branch located in a host state, without engaging in an "interstate merger transaction" as defined in this article. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:12-101
  • Acreage assessments: means any levy imposed pursuant to this chapter on the land within a project and any amount charged to the State or to the Hawaiian homes commission for the purpose of acquiring, establishing, or maintaining land or water facilities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 174-2
  • Act: means the "Hawaii Meat Inspection Act". See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Active ingredient: means :

         (1)  In the case of a pesticide other than a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant, an ingredient which will prevent, destroy, repel, or mitigate any pest;

         (2)  In the case of a plant regulator, an ingredient which, through physiological action, will accelerate or retard the rate of growth or maturation or otherwise alter the behavior of ornamental or crop plants or the produce thereof;

         (3)  In the case of a defoliant, an ingredient which will cause the leaves or foliage to drop from a plant; and

         (4)  In the case of a desiccant, an ingredient which will artificially accelerate the drying of plant tissues. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2

  • Adherent yolk: means an egg in which the yolk has settled to one side and become fastened to the shell. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 147-71
  • Adjournment sine die: The end of a legislative session "without day." These adjournments are used to indicate the final adjournment of an annual or the two-year session of legislature.
  • Adjusted gross estate: The gross estate, less funeral expenses, expenses of estate administration during probate, debts of the estate, and casualty losses suffered during estate administration.
  • Adulterated: means any pesticide if its strength or purity falls below the professed standard of quality as expressed on its labeling under which it is sold, or if any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the pesticide, or if any valuable constituent of the pesticide has been wholly or in part abstracted. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Advertisement: means all representations, other than those on the label, disseminated in any manner or by any means, relating to seed within the scope of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Advertising: includes the use of any banner, sign, placard, poster, streamer, card, or any publication in the media. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486B-1
  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Aeronautics: means the science and art of flight, including but not limited to transportation by aircraft; the operation, construction, repair, or maintenance of aircraft, aircraft power plants and accessories, including the repair, packing, and maintenance of parachutes; the design, establishment, construction, extension, operation, improvement, repair, or maintenance of airports, or other air navigation facilities; and instruction in flying or ground subjects pertaining thereto. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • 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.
  • Agency: when used in reference to an office of a foreign bank, shall have the same meaning as is set forth in § 1(b)(1) of the federal International Banking Act (12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • 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
  • Agricultural commodity: means fresh fruits and fresh vegetables of every kind and character, whether or not frozen or packed in ice, whether produced in the State or imported, nuts, and coffee, whether cherry or parchment, or green beans, which have been produced in the State, and raw unprocessed honey, whether produced in the State or imported. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 147-1
  • Agricultural seed: includes the seed of grass, forage, cereal, and fiber crops and other kinds of seed commonly recognized within the State as agricultural seed and mixtures of these seed. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Agriculture: means the production for consumption within the State and exporting of plant and animal life on land and within ponds and other bodies of water for food, fiber, and raw materials for value-added products, and any agricultural enterprise or enterprises organized for the production of agricultural materials or value-added products based on detailed marketing analysis and strategies to exploit profitable potentials in local, national, and international markets, including general farming, cane growing, fruit growing, flower growing, aquaculture, growing of timber and forest products, apiary, grazing, dairying, and the production of any form of livestock or poultry, and their appurtenant services and facilities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
  • Air navigation facility: means any facility used in, available for use in, or designed for use in, aid of air navigation, including any structures, mechanisms, light, beacons, markers, communicating systems, or other instrumentalities, or devices used or useful as an aid, or constituting an advantage or convenience, to the safe taking-off, navigation, and landing of aircraft, or the safe and efficient operation or maintenance of an airport, and any combination of any or all of such facilities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • Aircraft: means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • Airport: means any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights-of-way, including approaches, together with all airport buildings and facilities located thereon. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • Alcohol: means ethyl alcohol, hydrated oxide of ethyl, or spirits of wine, from whatever source or by whatever process produced. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • 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
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Alternative fuel: means methanol, denatured ethanol, and other alcohols; mixtures containing eighty-five per cent or more by volume of methanol, denatured ethanol, and other alcohols with gasoline or other fuels; natural gas; liquefied petroleum gas; hydrogen; coal-derived liquid fuels; biodiesel; mixtures containing twenty per cent or more by volume of biodiesel with diesel or other fuels; fuels (other than alcohol) derived from biological materials; and any other fuel that is substantially not a petroleum product and that the governor determines would yield substantial energy security benefits or substantial environmental benefits. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1
  • 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.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Animal: means all vertebrate and invertebrate species, including but not limited to humans and other mammals, birds, fish, and shellfish. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • 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
  • Annual percentage rate: The cost of credit at a yearly rate. It is calculated in a standard way, taking the average compound interest rate over the term of the loan so borrowers can compare loans. Lenders are required by law to disclose a card account's APR. Source: FDIC
  • 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.
  • Antique motor vehicle: means any motor vehicle, including a motorcycle or a motor scooter which produces not more than twelve horsepower, of the age of thirty-five years or more from the date of manufacture, that is of the original factory specification or restored to the original specifications in an unaltered or unreconstructed condition, operated or moved over the highway primarily for the purpose of historical exhibition or other similar purposes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 249-1
  • 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.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Applicable generation-skipping transfer tax rate: means 2. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Attorney general: means the state attorney general or deputy attorneys general. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 245-1
  • 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.
  • Aviation fuel: means all liquid substances of whatever chemical composition usable for the propulsion of airplanes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1
  • 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
  • Bank: has the meaning set forth in 12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:12-101
  • Bank: means any bank as defined in: § 2(c) of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Bank: means and includes any national banking association and any bank chartered or licensed pursuant to chapter 412. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 241-1
  • Bank Holding Company Act: means the federal Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Bank supervisory agency: means :

         (1)  Any agency of another state with primary responsibility for chartering and supervising banks; and

         (2)  The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and any successor to these agencies. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:12-101

  • Bank supervisory agency: means :

         (1)  The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and any successor to these agencies;

         (2)  Any agency of another state with primary responsibility for chartering and supervising banks; and

         (3)  Any agency of a country (including any colonies, dependencies, possessions, or political subdivisions thereof) other than the United States with primary responsibility for chartering and supervising banks. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102

  • 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.
  • Barrel: means forty-two United States gallons of crude oil or petroleum product. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1
  • Beer: means any alcoholic beverage obtained by the fermentation or any infusion or decoction of barley, malt, hops, or any other similar product, or any combination thereof in water, and includes ale, porter, brown, stout, lager beer, small beer, and strong beer but does not include sake, known as Japanese rice wine, or cooler beverage. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • 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
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Bicycle: means :

         (1)  A device propelled solely by human power upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels sixteen inches in diameter or greater, and including any device generally recognized as a bicycle though equipped with two front or two rear wheels; or

         (2)  A low-speed electric bicycle, as defined under title 15 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 249-1

  • Black rot: means an egg which has deteriorated to such an extent that the whole interior presents a blackened appearance before the candle. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 147-71
  • Blood ring: means an egg which contains blood. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 147-71
  • Board: means board of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Board: means the board of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Board: means the board of agriculture of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Board: means the board of directors of the agribusiness development corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
  • Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 173A-2
  • Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 174-2
  • Branch: when used in reference to an office of a foreign bank, has the same meaning as is set forth in § 1(b)(3) of the federal International Banking Act (12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Building and loan association: means any corporation that has been authorized to operate as a savings bank or savings and loan association pursuant to chapter 412, and any federal savings and loan association. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 241-1
  • 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
  • calendar month: means each full month of the calendar year; provided that whenever the books of any distributor in any county are kept on such a basis that its monthly records are made up on a basis other than a calendar month so that each business month of the distributor ends on some other day than the last day of the calendar month, and the distributor presents a sworn application to the department of taxation setting forth such facts and requesting that it be granted the privilege of making returns and paying the taxes and performing other duties required of it under this chapter upon the basis of such business month rather than a calendar month, the department shall in writing grant such privilege and thereupon, as to such distributor, the terms "month" or "calendar month" shall be deemed to mean and refer to such business month, and all returns and payments under this chapter shall be made upon the basis of such business month and all delinquencies and penalties shall attach and be calculated as of the last day of such business month. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1
  • 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
  • Car-sharing delivery period: means the period of time during which a shared car is being delivered to the location of the car-sharing start time, if applicable, as documented by the governing car-sharing program agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-801
  • Car-sharing organization: means a rental motor vehicle lessor that operates a membership program in which:

         (1)  Self-service access to a fleet of vehicles is provided, with or without requiring a reservation, exclusively to members of the organization who have paid a membership fee;

         (2)  Members are charged a usage rate, either hourly or by the minute, for each use of a vehicle;

         (3)  Members are not required to enter into a separate written agreement with the organization each time the member reserves and uses a vehicle; and

         (4)  The average paid use period for all vehicles provided by the organization during any taxable period is six hours or less. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 251-1

  • Car-sharing period: means the period of time that commences with the car-sharing delivery period or, if there is no delivery period, that commences with the car-sharing start time and, in either case, ends at the car-sharing termination time. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-801
  • Car-sharing program agreement: means the terms and conditions applicable to a shared car owner, a shared car driver, and a peer-to-peer car-sharing platform, if applicable, that govern the use of a shared car through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-801
  • Car-sharing start time: means the time the shared car driver obtains operation, use, or control of a shared car through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-801
  • Car-sharing termination time: means the latest of the following events:

         (1)  The expiration of the agreed upon period of time established for the use of a shared car according to the terms of the car-sharing program agreement if the shared car is delivered to the location agreed upon in the car-sharing program agreement;

    Hawaii Revised Statutes 148-1

  • Chairperson: means chairperson of the board of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Chairperson: means the chairperson of the board of agriculture, or the chairperson's duly authorized agents. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Cigarette: means any roll for smoking made wholly or in part of tobacco, irrespective of size and shape and whether or not the tobacco is flavored, adulterated, or mixed with any other ingredient, the wrapper or cover of which is made of paper or any other substance or material except tobacco. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 245-1
  • 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
  • Company retail station: means a retail service station owned and operated by a manufacturer or jobber and where retail prices are set by that manufacturer or jobber. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Comptroller: means the comptroller of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237-1
  • Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
  • 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
  • Consumer: means any person purchasing eggs for the person's own family use or consumption, or a restaurant, hotel, boarding house, bakery, or other institution purchasing eggs for serving to guests or patrons, or for its or their use in cooking or baking. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 147-71
  • Contingent beneficiary: Receiver of property or benefits if the first named beneficiary fails to receive any or all of the property or benefits in question before his (her) death.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • 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: shall be construed consistently with 12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:12-101
  • 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

  • Control: shall be construed consistently with the provisions of § 2(a)(2) of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Cooler beverage: means either a:

         (1)  Wine cooler containing wine and more than fifteen per cent added natural or artificial blending material, such as fruit juices, flavors, flavorings, or adjuncts, water (plain, carbonated, or sparkling), colorings, or preservatives, and that contains less than seven per cent of alcohol by volume; or

         (2)  Malt beverage cooler containing beer and added natural or artificial blending material, such as fruit juices, flavors, flavorings, colorings, or preservatives, and that contains less than seven per cent of alcohol by volume. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1

  • Coordinating entrepreneur: means a qualified person capable of organizing, operating, and assuming the risk for enterprises that may include securing land and seed capital, locating farmers, arranging right-to-till agreements, supplying materials, maintaining equipment and infrastructure, and providing for the processing and marketing of products. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
  • 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.
  • Corporation: means the agribusiness development corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
  • Council: means the county council of each county concerned. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 248-1
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Coventure: means an investment by the corporation in qualified securities of an enterprise in which a substantial investment is also being made or has been made by a professional investor to provide seed capital to an enterprise. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
  • Crude oil: means petroleum in an unrefined state or natural state, including condensates and natural gasoline. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • De novo branch: means a branch of a bank located in a host state which:

         (1)  Is originally established by the bank as a branch; and

         (2)  Does not become a branch of the bank as a result of (A) the acquisition of another bank or a branch of another bank, or (B) the merger, consolidation, or conversion involving any bank or branch. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:12-101

  • Dealer: means the holder of a manufacturer's license, wholesaler's license, brewpub's license, winery's license, or small craft producer's license under the liquor law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • Dealer retail station: means a retail service station owned by a manufacturer or jobber and operated by a qualified gasoline dealer other than a manufacturer or a jobber under a franchise. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Decedent: means a deceased individual. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
  • Decedent: means a deceased individual owning property in the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • 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.
  • Defoliant: means any substance or mixture of substances intended for causing the leaves or foliage to drop from a plant, causing or without causing abscission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Department: means the department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 147-1
  • Department: means the department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 147-111
  • Department: means the department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 147-122
  • Department: means the department of taxation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 251-1
  • Department: means the department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 148-1
  • Department: means department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Department: means the department of transportation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • Department: means the Hawaii department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Department: means the department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Department: means the department of taxation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
  • Department: means the department of taxation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 245-1
  • Department: means the department of agriculture of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Department: means the department of taxation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 173A-2
  • Department: means the department of taxation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237D-1
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • 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
  • Depository institution: means any institution that is included for any purpose within the definitions of "insured depository institution" as set forth in § 3(c)(2) and (3) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • 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
  • Desiccant: means any substance or mixture of substances intended for artificially accelerating the drying of plant tissues. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Designated beneficiary: means a designated beneficiary as defined in § 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or successor legislation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256-1
  • Designated beneficiary: means a resident of the State whose qualified disability expenses may be paid from the account. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Development company: means a company approved by the federal Small Business Administration to operate under the provisions of Title V of the federal Small Business Investment Act of 1958, Public Law 699, as amended. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 241-1
  • Device: means any instrument or contrivance, other than a firearm, which is intended for trapping, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest or any form of plant or animal life (other than humans and other than bacteria, viruses, or other microorganisms on or living in humans or other animals); but not including equipment used for application of pesticides when sold separately therefrom. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Direct investment: means an investment by the corporation in qualified securities of an enterprise in which no investment is being or has been made by a professional investor to provide seed capital to the enterprise. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
  • Director: means the state director of finance unless otherwise stated or indicated in context. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 248-1
  • Director: means the director of finance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Director: means the director of transportation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • 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: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 484-1
  • Director: means a member of the governing body of a district. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 180-1
  • Director of finance: means the director of finance of each county or of the county concerned, and includes the director's duly authorized deputies and subordinates. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 249-1
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Disposition: includes sale, lease, assignment, award by lottery, or any other transaction concerning a subdivision, if undertaken for gain or profit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 484-1
  • Distilled spirits: means an alcoholic beverage obtained by the distillation of fermented agricultural products, and includes alcohol for beverage use, spirits of wine, whiskey, rum, brandy, and gin, including all dilutions and mixtures thereof, but does not include beer, draft beer, cooler beverage, or wine. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • distribution: means to sell, ship, transfer, give, or deliver to another, or to leave, barter, or exchange with another, or to offer or agree to do the same. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 245-1
  • Distributor: means :

         (1)  Every person who refines, manufactures, produces, or compounds liquid fuel or fossil fuel in the State and sells or uses the same therein;

         (2)  Every person who imports or causes to be imported into the State any liquid fuel or fossil fuel and sells it therein, whether in the original packages or containers in which it is imported or otherwise than in the original packages or containers, or who imports any liquid fuel or fossil fuel for the person's own use in the State;

         (3)  Every person who acquires liquid fuel or fossil fuel  from a person not a licensed distributor and sells or uses it, whether in the original package or container in which it was imported (if imported) or otherwise than in the original package or container; and

         (4)  Every person who acquires liquid fuel or fossil fuel from a licensed distributor as a wholesaler thereof and sells or uses it. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1

  • 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
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Donee: The recipient of a gift.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Draft beer: means beer in an individual container of seven gallons or more. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • Due notice: means notice given during a ten-day period by publication or if no means of publication is available by posting at a reasonable number of conspicuous places within the affected area. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 180-1
  • Eggs: means chicken eggs in the following forms:

         (1)  Uncooked in the shell; and

         (2)  Liquid, frozen, or dried whole egg meats, whites of eggs or egg yolks. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 147-71

  • Electric foot scooter: means a device:

         (1)  Weighing less than seventy-five pounds;

         (2)  With two or three wheels;

         (3)  With handlebars;

         (4)  With either:

              (A)  A floorboard that can be stood upon while riding; or

              (B)  A seat or saddle for the use of the rider and stationary footrests;

         (5)  That is powered by an electric motor or human power; and

         (6)  Whose maximum speed, with or without human propulsion on a paved level surface, does not exceed fifteen miles per hour. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 249-1

  • Eligible educational institution: means :

         (1)  An institution described in sections 481(a)(1) or 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1

  • Eligible individual: means an individual who is entitled to benefits based on blindness or disability under title 42 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
  • End user: means any person or government entity who acquires petroleum products for their own use and not for resale. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1
  • Enterprise: means a business with its principal place of business in Hawaii, which is, or proposes to be, engaged in agricultural crop development, development of new value-added products, enhancement of existing agricultural commodities, and the application of existing agricultural appurtenant facilities to productive uses; provided that the majority of whatever the corporation produces shall be produced for export. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Entity: means one or more individuals, a company, corporation, a partnership, an association, or any other type of legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 245-1
  • Environment: includes water, air, land, and all plants and humans and other animals living therein, and the interrelationships which exist among these. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • EPA: means the United States Environmental Protection Agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • 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.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Exotic animal: means any cloven-hoofed ruminant animal considered feral in nature, other than domestic cattle, sheep, goats, or equines. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
  • Failing financial institution: means a Hawaii financial institution or a federal financial institution whose operations are principally conducted in this State, and which:

         (1)  Is insolvent or has failed to make good an impairment of its capital and surplus as provided in § 412:2-314;

         (2)  Has incurred or is likely to incur losses that will deplete all or substantially all of its capital and surplus, and there is no reasonable prospect for such capital and surplus to be replenished without federal assistance; or

         (3)  Has violated or is violating laws, rules or regulations, or has committed or is committing an unsafe or unsound practice, and such violation or practice is likely to cause insolvency or a substantial dissipation of assets or is likely to severely weaken the institution's condition or otherwise seriously prejudice the interests of its depositors. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:2-500

  • 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 agency: means an agency of a foreign bank that is licensed by the Comptroller of the Currency pursuant to § 4 of the federal International Banking Act (12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Federal branch: means a branch of a foreign bank that is licensed by the Comptroller of the Currency pursuant to § 4 of the federal International Banking Act (12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Federal credit: means :

         (1)  For a transfer, the maximum amount of the credit for state death taxes allowed by § 2011 of the Internal Revenue Code, as it existed on December 31, 2000, for the decedent's adjusted taxable estate;

         (2)  For a generation-skipping transfer, the maximum amount of the credit for state taxes allowed by § 2604 of the Internal Revenue Code as it existed on December 31, 2000; and

         (3)  For a noncitizen transfer, the maximum amount of the credit for state death taxes allowed by § 2102 of the Internal Revenue Code, as it existed on December 31, 2000, for the decedent's adjusted taxable estate. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2

  • Federal Deposit Insurance Act: means the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended (12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: A government corporation that insures the deposits of all national and state banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. Source: OCC
  • Federal estate tax: means the tax due to the United States with respect to a taxable transfer under chapter 11 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • 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 generation-skipping transfer tax: means the tax due to the United States with respect to a taxable transfer under chapter 13 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • 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 Meat Inspection Act: means the Act so entitled, approved March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • 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
  • Federal return: means the federal estate tax return with respect to the federal estate tax and means the federal generation-skipping transfer tax return with respect to the federal generation-skipping transfer tax. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • Federal taxable estate: means the gross estate less allowable deductions, as determined under chapter 11 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • Federal transfer tax: means the federal estate tax or the federal generation-skipping transfer tax. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiduciary organization: means an organization that serves as an intermediary between an individual account holder and the financial institution holding the individual's individual development account funds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1
  • FIFRA: means the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Finance charge: The total cost of credit a customer must pay on a consumer loan, including interest. The Truth in Lending Act requires disclosure of the finance charge. Source: OCC
  • Financial corporation: means :

         (1)  Any corporation, domestic or foreign, other than a bank or building and loan association, that is a financial corporation within the meaning of § 5219 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended (12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 241-1

  • Financial holding company: means any corporation registered under the Federal Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, or registered as a savings and loan holding company under the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, as amended. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 241-1
  • Financial institution: means an organization authorized to do business pursuant to chapter 412, or under federal laws relating to financial institutions, and includes a bank, trust company, savings bank, building and loan association, savings and loan company or association, and credit union. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1
  • 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
  • Financial institution subsidiary: means :  (1) a financial institution that is controlled by a financial institution holding company, or (2) a financial institution holding company that is controlled by another holding company. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Financial organization: means an organization authorized to do business in the State of Hawaii that is:

         (1)  Certified as an insurer by the insurance commissioner;

         (2)  Licensed or chartered as a financial institution by the commissioner of financial institutions;

         (3)  Chartered by an agency of the federal government;

         (4)  Subject to the jurisdiction and regulation of the securities and exchange commission of the federal government; or

         (5)  Any other entity otherwise authorized to act in this State as a trustee pursuant to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as may be amended from time to time. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256-1

  • Financial organization: means an organization authorized to do business in the State that is:

         (1)  Licensed or chartered by the insurance commissioner;

         (2)  Licensed or chartered by the commissioner of financial institutions;

         (3)  Chartered by an agency of the federal government; or

         (4)  Subject to the jurisdiction and regulation of the federal Securities and Exchange Commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1

  • Financial services loan company: means any company which has been authorized to engage in the business of a financial services loan company pursuant to chapter 412. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 241-1
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fixed Rate: Having a "fixed" rate means that the APR doesn't change based on fluctuations of some external rate (such as the "Prime Rate"). In other words, a fixed rate is a rate that is not a variable rate. A fixed APR can change over time, in several circumstances:
    • You are late making a payment or commit some other default, triggering an increase to a penalty rate
    • The bank changes the terms of your account and you do not reject the change.
    • The rate expires (if the rate was fixed for only a certain period of time).
  • Forbearance: A means of handling a delinquent loan. A
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Foreign bank: has the meaning set forth in 12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:12-101
  • Foreign bank: means any company organized under the laws of a foreign country, a territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands, that engages directly in the business of banking. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • 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
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • Franchise: means :

         (1)  Any agreement or related agreements between a petroleum distributor and a gasoline dealer under which the gasoline dealer is granted the right to use a trademark, trade name, service mark, or other identifying symbol or name owned by the distributor in connection with the retail sale of petroleum products supplied by the petroleum distributor; or

         (2)  Any agreement or related agreements described in paragraph (1) and any agreement between a petroleum distributor and a gasoline dealer under which the gasoline dealer is granted the right to occupy the premises owned, leased, or controlled by the distributor, for the purpose of engaging in the retail sale of petroleum products supplied by the distributor. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1

  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Freight: means nonpassenger goods, cargo, or lading, transported for pay. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • fuel: means all liquids ordinarily, practically, and commercially usable in internal combustion engines for the generation of power and includes liquefied petroleum gases, all distillates of and condensates from petroleum, natural gas, coal, coal tar, and vegetable ferments, such distillates and condensates being ordinarily designated as a gasoline, naphtha, benzol, benzine, and alcohols so usable but not restricted to such designation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1
  • fuel: has the meaning defined by § 243-1. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 248-1
  • Fund: means the Hawaii agricultural development revolving fund. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Gasoline: means a volatile mixture of liquid hydrocarbons, generally containing small amounts of additives, suitable for use as a fuel in spark-ignition internal combustion engines. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486B-1
  • Gasoline: includes gasoline, benzol, benzine, naphtha, and any other liquid prepared, advertised, offered for sale, sold for use as, or used for, the generation of power for the propulsion of motor vehicles, including any product obtained by blending together any one or more petroleum products with or without other products, if the resultant product is capable of the same use. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
  • Gasoline dealer: means any person engaged in the retail sale of petroleum products in the United States under a franchise agreement entered into with a petroleum distributor. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
  • General excise tax law: means chapter 237, as amended from time to time. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 238-1
  • Generation-skipping transfer: means a generation-skipping transfer as defined and used in § 2611 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
  • Generation-skipping transfer: means a generation-skipping transfer as defined and used in § 2611 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Good faith: means the duty of a gasoline dealer and a petroleum distributor to act in a fair and equitable manner in the performance and in the demanding of performance of the terms and provisions of the franchise. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
  • Government: includes the State and the United States and any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 174-2
  • Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. Source: Federal Reserve
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Gross estate: The total fair market value of all property and property interests, real and personal, tangible and intangible, of which a decedent had beneficial ownership at the time of death before subtractions for deductions, debts, administrative expenses, and casualty losses suffered during estate administration.
  • Gross estate: means gross estate as defined and used in §§ 2031 to 2046 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
  • Gross estate: means gross estate as defined and used in §§ 2031 to 2046 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • 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
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • 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 bank: means a bank whose home state is Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:12-101
  • Hawaii bank: means a Hawaii state bank or a Hawaii national bank. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Hawaii estate tax: means the tax due to the State with respect to a taxable transfer, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • 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

  • Hawaii generation-skipping transfer tax: means the tax due to the State with respect to a taxable transfer that gives rise to a federal generation-skipping transfer tax. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • Hawaii net taxable estate: means Hawaii taxable estate less the applicable exclusion amount as set forth in § 236E 6. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • Hawaii representative office: means a representative office that is located in this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Hawaii state agency: when used in reference to an office of a foreign bank, means an agency of a foreign bank that is located in this State and licensed pursuant to this chapter, part II, of this article. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Hawaii state bank: means a bank chartered under the laws of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:12-101
  • Hawaii state bank: means a bank organized under the laws of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Hawaii state branch: when used in reference to an office of a foreign bank, means a branch of a foreign bank that is located in this State and licensed pursuant to this chapter, part II, of this article. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Hawaii transfer tax: means the Hawaii estate tax or the Hawaii generation-skipping transfer tax. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • Holding company: means any company which controls another company. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Home state: means :

         (1)  With respect to a state bank, the state by which the bank is chartered;

         (2)  With respect to a national bank, the state in which the main office of the bank is located; and

         (3)  With respect to a foreign bank, the state determined to be the home state of the foreign bank under 12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:12-101

  • Home state regulator: means , with respect to an out-of-state state bank, the bank supervisory agency of the state in which the bank is chartered. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:12-101
  • Host state: means a state, other than the home state of a bank, in which the bank maintains, or seeks to establish and maintain a branch. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:12-101
  • Household: means adults related by blood, marriage, or adoption, or who are unrelated but have maintained a stable family relationship together over a period of time, and individuals under eighteen years of age related to the above adults by marriage, blood, or adoption, who are living together. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1
  • 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
  • Imminent hazard: means a situation which exists when the continued use of a pesticide during the time required for a cancellation proceeding would likely result in unreasonable adverse effects on the environment or will involve unreasonable hazard to the survival of a species declared endangered by the Secretary of the Interior under the Endangered Species Act. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • 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
  • Income year: means that year, either the calendar year or fiscal year, the income of which is the measure of the tax for the franchise tax year involved. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 241-1
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Independent retail station: means a retail service station not owned by a manufacturer or jobber and operated by a qualified gasoline dealer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Individual development account: means an optional, interest bearing, subsidized, tax-benefitted account used exclusively for the purpose of paying the qualified expenditure of an eligible individual as determined by the fiduciary organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1
  • Ingredient statement: means :

         (1)  A statement of the name and percentage of each active ingredient, together with the total percentage of the inert ingredients, in the pesticide; and

         (2)  In case the pesticide contains arsenic in any form, a statement of the percentages of total and water soluble arsenic, each calculated as elemental arsenic. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2

  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Insect: means invertebrate animals belonging to the class insecta, including beetles, bugs, bees, flies, and other allied classes of arthropods, including spiders, mites, ticks, centipedes, and wood lice. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Inspector: means any meat inspector of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Institution-affiliated party: means any of the following:

         (1)  Any director, officer, employee or controlling shareholder of, or agent for, or other person that controls a financial institution;

         (2)  Any person who has filed or is required to file an application to become a financial institution with the commissioner or an application to acquire control of a Hawaii financial institution or financial institution holding company with the commissioner;

         (3)  Any shareholder, consultant, joint venture partner, and any other person as determined by the commissioner (by rule or case-by-case) who participates in the conduct of the affairs of a financial institution; or

         (4)  Any independent contractor (including any attorney, appraiser, or accountant) who knowingly or recklessly participates in any of the following which caused or is likely to cause more than a minimal financial loss to, or a significant adverse effect on, the financial institution:

              (A)  Any violation of law or rule,

              (B)  Any breach of fiduciary duty, or

              (C)  Any unsafe or unsound practice. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109

  • Insured: means :

         (1)  The person identified by name as insured in a motor vehicle insurance policy complying with § 431:10C-301; and

         (2)  A person residing in the same household with a named insured, specifically:

              (A)  A spouse or reciprocal beneficiary or other relative of a named insured; and

              (B)  A minor in the custody of a named insured or of a relative residing in the same household with a named insured. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103

  • Insurer: means every person holding a valid certificate of authority to engage in the business of making contracts of motor vehicle insurance in this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
  • Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
  • Integrated pest management: means a sustainable approach to managing pests by combining biological, cultural, physical, and chemical tools in a way that minimizes economic, health, and environmental risks. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Interbank broker: means a person, who for a fee, brokerage, or other compensation, either directly or indirectly, provides brokerage services as an intermediary or agent in transactions between financial institutions where one financial institution:

         (1)  Supplies funds to another financial institution by making a loan, placing funds in a deposit account, or otherwise extending credit to the other institution;

         (2)  Buys, sells, trades, or swaps currency, commercial paper, banker's acceptances, negotiable certificates of deposit, treasury bills, notes, or bonds with another financial institution; or

         (3)  Enters into interest rate swaps, forward rate agreements, or interest rate futures contracts with another financial institution. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 241-1

  • 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
  • Internal Revenue Code: includes the federal tax principles of alter ego, nominee, sham transaction, substance over form, economic substance, or business purpose, as those principles are developed by statute or common law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
  • Internal Revenue Code: means subtitle B of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of December 31, 2021, as it applies to the determination of gross estate, adjusted gross estate, federal taxable estate, and generation-skipping transfers, except those provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and federal public laws that, pursuant to this chapter, do not apply or are otherwise limited in application. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-3
  • 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
  • Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act: means the federal Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994, Public Law No. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Interstate branch: means a branch of a bank or a branch of a foreign bank, as the context may require, which is established after September 29, 1994, pursuant to the authority contained in the Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act, outside the home state of the bank or foreign bank. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Interstate merger transaction: means :

         (1)  The merger or consolidation of banks with different home states, and the conversion of branches of any bank involved in the merger or consolidation into branches of the resulting bank; or

         (2)  The purchase of all or substantially all of the assets (including all or substantially all of the branches) of a bank whose home state is different from the home state of the acquiring bank. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:12-101

  • Intrastate commerce: means commerce within the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Inventory: means any product sold to a gasoline dealer for resale purposes by a petroleum distributor. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
  • Jobber: means every wholesaler of petroleum products. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
  • 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.
  • Kind: means one or more related species or subspecies which singly or collectively is known by one common name, for example, corn, barley, lettuce, and alfalfa. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Label: means the written, printed, or graphic matter on or attached to the pesticide or device or any of its containers or wrappers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • 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
  • Label: means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container (not including package liners) of any meat or meat products, or other products. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Labeling: means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter accompanying the pesticide or device at any time or to which reference is made on the label or in literature accompanying the pesticide or device, except to current official publications of the EPA, the United States Departments of Agriculture and the Interior, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, state experiment stations, state agriculture colleges, or other similar federal or state institutions or agencies authorized by law to conduct research in the field of pesticides. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • labeling: includes all written, printed, or graphic representations in any form whatsoever, accompanying or pertaining to any seed, whether in bulk or in containers, and includes representations on invoices. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Labeling: means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter upon any meat or meat products or any of its containers or wrappers, or accompanying the meat or meat products. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Land: means the earth, water, and air, above, below, or on the surface, and includes easements and rights in land, and any improvement on land. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 173A-2
  • Land occupier: means the owner or in the case of leased land, the lessee of lands lying within a project organized or to be organized under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 174-2
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • 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
  • leasing: includes all forms of lease, regardless of whether the lease is an operating lease or financing lease. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 238-1
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Legal tender: coins, dollar bills, or other currency issued by a government as official money. Source: U.S. Mint
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Lessor: means any person in the business of providing rental motor vehicles to the public. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 251-1
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • License: means the process of being allowed to register a pesticide product pursuant to provisions of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Licensee: means a person who has been licensed to register a product pursuant to provisions of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Licensee: means the holder of a license as a wholesaler or dealer granted under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 245-1
  • Licensee: means a person issued a license under part III of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Limited branch: means a branch of a foreign bank that accepts only those deposits as would be permissible for a corporation organized under § 25A of the Federal Reserve Act in accordance with § 5(a)(7) of the federal International Banking Act (12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • 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
  • Liquor law: means chapter 281. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Loan-out company: means a wholly-owned entity formed on behalf of a person that serves as a separate entity that constitutes the person's means of entering a contract with a third party for the purpose of providing services to the third party. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237-1
  • 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
  • Lot: means a definite quantity of seed identified by a number or other identification, every portion or bag of which is uniform, within permitted tolerances, for the factors which appear in the labeling. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Major brand: means the primary trade name or trademark most commonly associated and identified with a manufacturer's retail service station. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
  • Management contract: means the contract executed by the director of finance and a financial organization selected to act as a depository and manager of the program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256-1
  • Management contract: means the contract executed by the director of finance and a financial organization selected to act as a depository and manager of the program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Manufacturer: means every producer or refiner of petroleum products on January 1, 1992, or any subsidiary of that producer or refiner. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
  • Marketplace facilitator: means any person who sells or assists in the sale of tangible personal property, intangible property, or services on behalf of another seller by:

         (1)  Providing a forum, whether physical or electronic, in which sellers list or advertise tangible personal property, intangible property, or services for sale; and

         (2)  Collecting payment from the purchaser, either directly or indirectly through an agreement with a third party. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237-1

  • Meat broker: means any person who sells or offers to sell, or buys or offers to buy, carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, other equines, or exotic animals on commission or who otherwise negotiates the purchase, sale, or exchange of the meat or meat products other than for the person's own account or as an employee of another person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Meat or meat products: means any product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any meat or other portions of the carcass of any cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, excepting products which contain meat or other portions of the carcasses only in a relatively small proportion or historically have not been considered by consumers as products of the meat food industry, and which are exempted from the definition as meat products by the board under the conditions as it may prescribe to assure that the meat or other portions of the carcasses contained in the products are not adulterated and that the products are not represented as meat products. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Member of the family: means a family member as defined in § 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or successor legislation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256-1
  • 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
  • Misbranded: includes any of the following:

         (1)  The labeling of the pesticide or device bears any statement, design, or graphic representation relative thereto or to its ingredients or functions which is false or misleading in any particular;

         (2)  The pesticide is contained in a package or other container or wrapping which does not conform to the standards established by federal law;

         (3)  The pesticide is an imitation or is offered for sale under the name of another pesticide;

         (4)  The label does not bear the federal registration number assigned to each establishment in which it was produced;

         (5)  Any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of the federal law to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, designs, or graphic matter in the labeling) and in terms to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use;

         (6)  The labeling accompanying the pesticide does not contain directions for use which are necessary for effecting the purpose for which the product is intended and if complied with, together with any requirements imposed under FIFRA are adequate to protect health and the environment;

         (7)  The label does not contain a warning or caution statement which may be necessary and if complied with, together with any requirements imposed under federal law, is adequate to protect health and the environment;

         (8)  The label does not bear an ingredient statement on that part of the immediate container (and on the outside container or wrapper of the retail package, if there be one, through which the ingredient statement on the immediate container cannot be clearly read) which is presented or displayed under customary conditions of purchase, except that a pesticide is not misbranded under this section if:

              (A)  The size or form of the immediate container, or the outside container or wrapper of the retail package, makes it impracticable to place the ingredient statement on the part which is presented or displayed under customary conditions of purchase; and

              (B)  The ingredient statement appears prominently on another part of the immediate container, or outside container or wrapper, permitted by the department;

         (9)  The labeling does not contain a statement of the use classification under which the product is registered;

        (10)  There is not affixed to its container, and to the outside container or wrapper of the retail package, if there be one, through which the required information on the immediate container cannot be clearly read, a label bearing:

              (A)  The name and address of the producer, registrant, or person for whom produced;

              (B)  The name, brand, or trademark under which the pesticide is sold;

              (C)  The net weight or measure of the content; provided that the EPA Administrator may permit reasonable variations; and

              (D)  When required by federal regulations to effectuate the purposes of this law, the registration number assigned to the pesticide under federal law and the use classification; and

        (11)  The pesticide contains any substance or substances in quantities highly toxic to humans, unless the label shall bear, in addition to any other matter required by this law:

              (A)  The skull and crossbones;

              (B)  The word "poison" prominently in red on a background of distinctly contrasting color; and

              (C)  A statement of a practical treatment (first aid or otherwise) in case of poisoning by the pesticide. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2

  • Moldy: means an egg in which mold has developed inside the shell. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 147-71
  • month: means a calendar month; and the word "year" a calendar year. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-20
  • Moped: means a device upon which a person may ride that has:

         (1)  Two or three wheels in contact with the ground;

         (2)  A motor having a maximum power output capability measured at the motor output shaft, in accordance with SAE International standards, of two horsepower (one thousand four hundred ninety-two watts) or less and, if it is a combustion engine, a maximum piston or rotor displacement of 3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 249-1

  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • Motor vehicle: means every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power but which is not operated upon rails, but excludes mopeds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 249-1
  • Motor vehicle: means any vehicle of a type required to be registered under chapter 286, including a trailer attached to such a vehicle, but not including motorcycles and motor scooters. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
  • Motor vehicle fuel: means gasoline, diesel fuel, alcohol, and any mixture of those fuels suitable for use in vehicles registered under chapter 286. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
  • Motor vehicle insurance policy: means an insurance policy that meets the requirements of § 431:10C-301. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
  • Municipal: means pertaining to a municipality as herein defined. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • Municipality: means any county or other political subdivision or public corporation of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • 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
  • Nematode: means invertebrate animals of the phylum nemathelminthes and the class nematoda, including unsegmented round worms with elongated fusiform or sac-like bodies covered with cuticle, and inhabiting soil, water, plants, or plant parts. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • net weight: means the actual weight of such vehicle, as determined on a standard scale, including all equipment and accessories ordinarily attached to and used on the vehicle and, in the case of a motor vehicle, the maximum fuel, oil, and water possible of being carried for its operation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 249-1
  • Net weight: means the gross weight of the freight minus the container weight, if any. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Noncitizen transfer: means a transfer within the meaning of § 2101 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
  • Nonqualified withdrawal: means a withdrawal from an account that is not:

         (1)  Used for qualified higher education expenses of the designated beneficiary;

         (2)  Made on account of the death or disability of the designated beneficiary; or

         (3)  Made on the account of a scholarship (or allowance or payment described in § 135(d)(1)(B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) received by the designated beneficiary, to the extent the withdrawal does not exceed the amount of the scholarship, allowance, or payment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256-1

  • Nonresident: means a decedent who was not domiciled in Hawaii at time of death. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
  • Nonresident: means a decedent who was not domiciled in the State at time of death. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • Nonresident not a citizen: means a nonresident who is not a citizen of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
  • Normal school hours: means Monday through Friday from 7:00 a. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-25
  • Noxious weed seed: means the seed of plant species designated by the department by rule as being highly destructive and difficult to control or eradicate in the State by ordinary, good cultural practices, herbicides, and other control measures, or is, or which may be likely to become injurious, harmful, or deleterious to the agricultural, horticultural, aquacultural, or livestock industry of the State and to forest and recreational areas and conservation districts of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • oath: includes a solemn affirmation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-21
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: means any bond, debt, debenture, loan, note or similar undertaking. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Offer: includes every inducement, solicitation, or attempt to encourage a person to acquire an interest in land, if undertaken for gain or profit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 484-1
  • Offgrade: is a descriptive term applicable to agricultural commodities which have a market value, and designates a quality lower than the lowest applicable in Hawaii, other states or the United States grade for each agricultural commodity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 147-1
  • Official certificate: means any certificate prescribed by the board for issuance by veterinarians, inspectors, or other persons performing official functions under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Official device: means any device described or authorized by the board for use in applying any official mark. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Official inspection legend: means any symbol prescribed by the board showing that meat or meat products were inspected and passed in accordance with this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Official mark: means the official inspection legend or any other symbol prescribed by the board to identify the status of any meat or meat products or animal under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Open to the public: means accessible or available to the general public during regular business hours without special permission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Operate: means to engage in the business of selling motor vehicle fuel at a retail service station through any employee, commissioned agent, subsidiary company, or person managing a retail service station under a contract and on a fee arrangement with the manufacturer or jobber. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-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
  • Out-of-state bank: means a bank whose home state is a state other than Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:12-101
  • Out-of-state bank: means a bank, the home state of which is a state other than Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Out-of-state foreign bank: means a foreign bank, the home state of which is a state other than Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Out-of-state state bank: means a bank chartered under the laws of any state other than Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:12-101
  • Overhead: means continuous or general costs occurring in the normal course of a business, including but not limited to costs for labor, rent, taxes, royalties, interest, discounts paid, insurance, lighting, heating, cooling, accounting, legal fees, equipment and facilities, telephone systems, depreciation, and amortization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237-1
  • Overhead: means continuous or general costs occurring in the normal course of a business, including but not limited to costs for labor, rent, taxes, royalties, interest, discounts paid, insurance, lighting, heating, cooling, accounting, legal fees, equipment and facilities, telephone systems, depreciation, and amortization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 238-1
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Owner: means a person who holds the legal title to a motor vehicle; except that in the case of a motor vehicle which is the subject of a security agreement or lease with a term of not less than one year with the debtor or lessee having the right to possession, such term means the debtor or lessee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
  • 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
  • Paid-in capital: means the amount of capital actually received by the financial institution for its capital stock, membership shares or share accounts, as the case may be. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • parent and child relationship: includes the legal relationship existing between a child and the child's natural mother, between a child and father whose relationship as parent and child is established under this chapter, or between a child and the child's adoptive parents, incident to which the law confers or imposes rights, privileges, duties, and obligations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 584-1
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Peer-to-peer car-sharing: means the operation, use, or control of a motor vehicle by an individual other than the motor vehicle's owner through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-801
  • Peer-to-peer car-sharing program: means :

    Hawaii Revised Statutes 237-1

  • 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
  • Plant regulator: means any substance or mixture of substances intended, through physiological action, for accelerating or retarding the rate of growth or maturation or for otherwise altering the behavior of plants or the produce thereof, but does not include substances to the extent that they are intended as plant nutrients, trace elements, nutritional chemicals, plant inoculants, and soil amendments. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • 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.
  • Police officer: means a police officer and any other state or county officer charged with the enforcement of state laws. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • Possession: means knowingly having direct physical control at a given time or knowingly having the power and the intention, at a given time, to exercise dominion or control, either directly or through another entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 245-1
  • Power-generating facility: means any electricity-generating facility that requires a permit issued under the federal Clean Air Act (42 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1
  • Prearranged ride: means the provision of transportation by a transportation network company driver to a passenger, beginning when a transportation network company driver accepts a passenger's request for a ride through a digital network or software application service controlled by a transportation network company, continuing while the transportation network company driver transports the requesting passenger, and ending when the requesting passenger, or the last passenger from the requesting passenger's party, departs from the personal vehicle. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-701
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Principal shareholder: means a person other than a financial institution, that, directly or indirectly, or acting through or in concert with another, owns, controls, or has the power to vote more than ten per cent of any class of voting securities of a financial institution. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Private pesticide applicator: means a certified pesticide applicator who uses or supervises the use of any pesticide which is classified for restricted use for purposes of producing any agricultural commodity on property owned or rented by the applicator or the applicator's employer if applied without compensation other than trading of personal services between producers of agricultural commodities on the property of another person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • processed: means slaughtered, canned, salted, rendered, boned, cut up, or otherwise manufactured or processed. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Produce: means to manufacture, prepare, compound, propagate, or process any pesticide or device. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Producer: means any person engaged within the State in the growing or production for market of any agricultural commodity, or any cooperative association of such persons. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 147-1
  • Producer: means any person who manufactures, prepares, compounds, propagates, or processes any pesticide or device. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Professional investor: means any bank, bank holding company, savings institution, farm credit institution, trust company, insurance company, investment company registered under the federal Investment Company Act of 1940, financial services loan company, pension or profit-sharing trust or other financial institution or institutional buyer, licensee under the federal Small Business Investment Act of 1958, or any person, partnership, or other entity of whose resources, a substantial amount is dedicated to investing in securities or debt instruments, and whose net worth exceeds $250,000. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
  • Program: means the college savings program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256-1
  • Program: means the Hawaii ABLE savings program established under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Program manager: means a financial organization selected by the director of finance to act as a depository and manager of the program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256-1
  • Program manager: means a financial organization selected by the director of finance to act as a depository and manager of the program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Project: means a specific undertaking, improvement, or system consisting of work or improvement, including personal property or any interest therein, acquired, constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated, improved, altered, or repaired by the corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
  • Project: means an area, contiguous or noncontiguous, established under this chapter within which water is supplied to the State or the Hawaiian homes commission for the development and opening of lands or to land occupiers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 174-2
  • Project facilities: includes roads and streets, utility and service corridors, utility lines where applicable, water and irrigation systems, lighting systems, security systems, sanitary sewerage systems, and other community facilities where applicable. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
  • Property: means :

         (1)  For a transfer, property included in the gross estate; and

         (2)  For a generation-skipping transfer, all real and personal property subject to the federal generation-skipping transfer tax. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2

  • Property: means property included in the gross estate. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • 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

  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Prosecuting attorney: means the prosecuting attorney or the deputy prosecuting attorneys of each of the respective counties. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 245-1
  • 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
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Public offering statement: means a statement that fully and accurately discloses the physical characteristics of the subdivided lands offered and all unusual or material circumstances or features affecting the subdivided lands. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 484-1
  • Purchase: means any acquisition of ownership. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
  • Purchaser: means a person who acquires or attempts to acquire or succeeds to an interest in land. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 484-1
  • 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
  • Purchasing agent: means any person who, as an agent and not a seller, for a consideration, is engaged in the State in the business of purchasing for the purchasing agent's principal or principals from an unlicensed seller or sellers property for use by such principals in the State, for example, by forwarding orders for such purchases, in behalf of such principals, it being immaterial whether the purchasing agent is compensated for the purchasing agent's services by the seller or by the purchaser; but the term "purchasing agent" does not include an employee of the purchaser. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237-1
  • Qualified acquisition costs: means the costs of acquiring, constructing, or reconstructing a residence and shall include any usual or reasonable settlement, financing, or other closing costs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1
  • Qualified business: means any business that does not contravene any law or public policy. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1
  • Qualified disability expense: means any qualified disability expense included in § 529A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Qualified expenditures: means an expense as determined by a fiduciary organization, which may include but not be limited to:

         (1)  Costs associated with first homeownership;

         (2)  Post-secondary education;

         (3)  Vocational training; and

         (4)  Small or micro-business capitalization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1

  • Qualified heir: means a qualified heir as defined in § 2032A(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • Qualified higher education expenses: means any qualified higher education expense defined in § 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or successor legislation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256-1
  • Qualified person: includes any individual, partnership, corporation, or public agency possessing the competence, expertise, experience, and resources, including financial, personnel, and tangible qualifications, as may be deemed desirable by the corporation in administering this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
  • Qualified plan: means a business plan or a plan to use a business asset purchased, that:

         (1)  Is approved by a financial institution, a micro-enterprise development organization, or a nonprofit loan fund having demonstrated fiduciary integrity;

         (2)  Includes a description of services or goods to be sold, a marketing plan, and projected financial statements; and

         (3)  May require the eligible individual to obtain the assistance of an experienced entrepreneurial advisor. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1

  • Qualified withdrawal: means withdrawal from an account to pay the qualified higher education expenses of the designated beneficiary of the account. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256-1
  • Qualified withdrawal: means a withdrawal from an account to pay the qualified disability expenses of the designated beneficiary of the account. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Raw unprocessed honey: means honey that has not been heated above one hundred twenty degrees Fahrenheit, or filtered through a fine screen of less than one-sixty-fourth inch mesh, or treated with diatomaceous earth, or in any other way that results in the loss of any natural constituent of honey, such as plant pollen and enzymes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 147-1
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • 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
  • Registrant: means the person registering or licensing any pesticide pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Reinspection: means the re-examination of meat and meat products previously inspected and the inspection of meat and meat products during processing. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Related interest: means (1) a company that is controlled by a person or (2) a political or campaign committee that is controlled by a person or the funds or services of which will benefit a person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Release: means a document issued by the department which certifies that all taxes have either been paid or which releases the estate from all taxes due under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
  • Release: means a document issued by the department that certifies that all taxes have been paid or the estate is released from all taxes due under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Renderer: means any person engaged in the business of rendering carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, other equines, or exotic animals, except rendering conducted under inspection under part IV. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • 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
  • Representation: refers to any or all of the following:

         (1)  A seller being present in the State;

         (2)  A seller having in the State a salesperson, commission agent, manufacturer's representative, broker, or other person who is authorized or employed by the seller to assist the seller in selling property, services, or contracting for use or consumption in the State, by procuring orders for the sales, making collections or deliveries, or otherwise; and

         (3)  A seller having in the State a person upon whom process directed to the seller from the courts of the State may be served, including the director of commerce and consumer affairs and the deputy director in the cases provided in § 414-64. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 238-1

  • 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
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • Resident: means a decedent who was domiciled in Hawaii at time of death. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
  • Resident: means a decedent who was domiciled in the State at the time of death. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • Resident trust: means a resident trust as defined under § 235-1; or if the administration is partly carried on in the State and partly outside the State, a trust where one-half or more of the fiduciaries reside in the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • 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
  • Restricted use pesticide: means :

         (1)  A pesticide or pesticide use classified by the Administrator, EPA, for use by certified applicators or competent persons under their direct supervision and so designated on its label; or

         (2)  A pesticide or pesticide use classified by the board for use by certified applicators or competent persons under their direct supervision. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2

  • Resulting bank: means a bank that has resulted from an interstate merger transaction under this article. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:12-101
  • Resulting institution: means the financial institution resulting from a merger, consolidation or conversion pursuant to this part. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:3-602
  • Retail: means a sale of gasoline made to the general public at prices that are displayed on the dispensing equipment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
  • Retail dealer: means a person who purchases liquid fuel from a licensed distributor and sells the liquid fuel at retail. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1
  • retail station: means a place of business where motor vehicle fuel is sold and delivered into the tanks of motor vehicles and includes a company retail station, a dealer retail station, and an independent retail station. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
  • Retailer: means any person, firm, corporation, or association which sells eggs to a consumer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 147-71
  • 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
  • Revenue bonds: means bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness of the corporation issued to finance any project facility. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
  • Revocable trust: A trust agreement that can be canceled, rescinded, revoked, or repealed by the grantor (person who establishes the trust).
  • Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
  • Rollover distribution: means a rollover distribution as defined in § 529A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Sale: means any transfer of title or possession, or both, exchange or barter, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, for a consideration. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • Sale: includes every act of selling and includes any sale or act of selling that originates from any order that is placed or submitted by means of a telephonic or other method of voice transmission, the mail, or any other delivery service, or the Internet or other online service. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 245-1
  • Sale: means any exchange, gift, or other disposition. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
  • 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
  • Savings agreement: means an agreement between the program manager or the director of finance and the account owner. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • School: means any public or private preschool, kindergarten, elementary, intermediate, middle, secondary, or high school. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-25
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Secretary of Agriculture: means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Seed: means :

         (1)  The seed of grass, forage, cereal, and fiber crops;

         (2)  Other kinds of seed commonly recognized as agricultural or vegetable seed; and

         (3)  Other kinds of propagating materials. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 147-122

  • Seed capital: means financing that is provided for the development, refinement, and commercialization of a product or process and other working capital needs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
  • Sell: means to:

         (1)  Solicit and receive an order for;

         (2)  Have, keep, offer, or expose for sale;

         (3)  Deliver for value or deliver in any other way than purely gratuitously;

         (4)  Peddle;

         (5)  Keep with intent to sell; and

         (6)  Traffic in. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 245-1

  • 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
  • Sequester: To separate. Sometimes juries are sequestered from outside influences during their deliberations.
  • 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
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • 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.
  • Shared car: means a motor vehicle that is registered pursuant to chapter 286 and is not owned; controlled; operated; maintained; or managed by or registered, directly or indirectly through an affiliate, to the peer-to-peer car-sharing program; and is available for sharing through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-801
  • Shared car driver: means an individual who has been authorized to drive the shared car by the shared car owner under a car-sharing program agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-801
  • Shared car owner: means the registered owner of a shared car. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-801
  • Situs: means , with respect to a decedent not a resident or citizen of the United States, the location of the decedent's property within the meaning of § 2104 of the Internal Revenue Code, including regulations and other guidance issued thereunder, substituting "Hawaii" for "the United States". See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • Small business investment company: means a company approved by the federal Small Business Administration to operate under the provisions of the federal Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (72 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 241-1
  • 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
  • soil and water conservation district: means a governmental subdivision of this State, and a public body corporate and politic, organized in accordance with this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 180-1
  • sold: includes any delivery of cigarettes or tobacco products, whether cash is actually paid therefor or not. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 245-1
  • Sparkling wine: means champagne and any other effervescent wine charged with more than 0. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • Stamp: means a stamp printed, manufactured, or made by authority of the department, as provided in this chapter, that is issued, sold, or circulated by the department, and by the use of which the tax levied under this chapter is paid. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 245-1
  • State: means the State of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • State: means the State of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • State: means any state or territory of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Still wine: means any nonsparkling wine and shall include those wines containing not more than 0. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • 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
  • Stop-sale order: means any written or printed notice or order given or issued by the department restraining the sale of agricultural and vegetable seed. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • subdivided lands: means any land which is divided or is proposed to be divided for the purpose of disposition into two or more lots, parcels, units, or interests and also includes any land whether contiguous or not if two or more lots, parcels, units, or interests are offered as a part of a common promotional plan of advertising and sale. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 484-1
  • Subdivider: means any owner of subdivided land who offers the land for disposition or the principal agent of an owner, who has been duly authorized in a writing filed with the director. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 484-1
  • 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
  • Subsidiary: means any corporation doing business in Hawaii engaged in activities set forth in Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations, sections 225. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 241-1
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Surcharge tax: means the rental motor vehicle and tour vehicle surcharge tax established under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 251-1
  • surplus: includes retained earnings, whether or not transferred or allocated to surplus. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Taxable estate: means taxable estate as defined in §§ 2051 to 2056 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
  • taxable transfer: means :

         (1)  A transfer as used in § 2001(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and shall include the disposition of or failure to use property for a qualified use under § 2032A(c) of the Internal Revenue Code; or

         (2)  A generation-skipping transfer as defined and used in § 2611 of the Internal Revenue Code; provided that a direct skip that is a transfer subject to the tax imposed by chapter 12 of the Internal Revenue Code shall not be treated as a taxable transfer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2

  • taxable year: means either the calendar year or the taxpayer's fiscal year when the same constitutes the tax period instead of the calendar year pursuant to § 237-11. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 237-1
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Tobacco products: means tobacco in any form, other than cigarettes or little cigars, that is prepared or intended for consumption or for personal use by humans, including large cigars and any substitutes thereof other than cigarettes that bear the semblance thereof, snuff, chewing or smokeless tobacco, and smoking or pipe tobacco. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 245-1
  • Tobacco tax: means the tax imposed by this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 245-1
  • 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.
  • Tour vehicle: means any vehicle, including vans, minibuses, and buses used for the purpose of transporting persons for pleasure or sightseeing trips, or transporting persons to pleasure or sightseeing cruises or destinations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 251-1
  • Tour vehicle operator: means a person who owns, manages, or dispatches tour vehicles. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 251-1
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Transfer: means transfer as defined and used in § 2001 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236D-2
  • Transferee: means a transferee within the meaning of sections 2603(a)(1) and 6901(h) of the Internal Revenue Code. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2
  • Transferred property: means :

         (1)  With respect to a taxable transfer subject to the federal estate tax, the deceased individual's gross estate as defined in § 2031 of the Internal Revenue Code;

         (2)  With respect to a taxable transfer occurring as a result of a taxable termination as defined in § 2612(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, the taxable amount determined under § 2622(a) of the Internal Revenue Code;

         (3)  With respect to a taxable transfer occurring as a result of a taxable distribution as defined in § 2612(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, the taxable amount determined under § 2621(a) of the Internal Revenue Code;

         (4)  With respect to a taxable transfer occurring as a result of a direct skip, as defined in § 2612(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, the taxable amount determined under § 2623 of the Internal Revenue Code; and

         (5)  With respect to an event which causes the imposition of an additional federal estate tax under § 2032A(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, the qualified real property that was disposed of or which ceased to be used for the qualified use, within the meaning of § 2032A(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 236E-2

  • 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
  • Transportation network company: means an entity that uses a digital network or software application service to connect passengers to transportation network company drivers; provided that the entity:

         (1)  Does not own, control, operate, or manage the personal vehicles used by transportation network company drivers; and

         (2)  Is not a taxicab association or a for-hire vehicle owner. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-701

  • Transportation network company driver: means an individual who operates a personal vehicle used to transport a passenger between points chosen by the passenger and prearranged through a transportation network company and that is:

         (1)  Owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the individual;

         (2)  Not a taxicab or for-hire vehicle; and

         (3)  Used to provide prearranged rides to passengers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-701

  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Truck: means any motor vehicle designed or used primarily for the carriage of property other than effects of the driver or passengers, and includes a motor vehicle to which has been added a box, platform, or other equipment for such carriage. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 249-1
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
  • Trust company: means a corporation or joint stock company authorized to conduct business as a trust company under article 8 of chapter 412. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 241-1
  • Trust indenture: means an agreement by and between the corporation and a trustee that sets forth the duties of the trustee with respect to the revenue bonds, the security thereof, and other provisions as may be deemed necessary or convenient by the corporation to secure the revenue bonds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Trustee: means a national or state bank or trust company, within or outside the State, that enters into a trust indenture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
  • Truth in Lending Act: The Truth in Lending Act is a federal law that requires lenders to provide standardized information so that borrowers can compare loan terms. In general, lenders must provide information on Source: OCC
  • Tuition savings agreement: means an agreement between the director of finance or a financial organization and the account owner. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256-1
  • Under the direct supervision of a certified applicator: means , unless otherwise prescribed by its labeling, a pesticide shall be considered to be applied under the direct supervision of a certified applicator if it is applied by a competent person acting under the instructions and control of a certified applicator who is available if and when needed, even though the certified applicator is not physically present at the time and place the pesticide is applied. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • United States: when used in a geographical sense, means the several states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the American Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any other territory of the United States; and, when used in a political sense, means the federal government of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • 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
  • Unreasonable adverse effects on the environment: means any unreasonable risk to humans or the environment, taking into account the economic, social, and environmental costs and benefits of the use of the pesticide. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Use: means any use, whether such use is of such nature as to cause the property to be appreciably consumed or not, or the keeping of such property for such use or for sale, and shall include the exercise of any right or power over tangible personal property incident to the ownership of that property. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • Use: means the exercise of any right or power incident to ownership or possession, other than the sale, or the keeping or retention for the purpose of sale. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 245-1
  • 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.
  • Usury: Charging an illegally high interest rate on a loan. Source: OCC
  • Value: means fair and reasonable cash value at the time of accrual of the tax. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 238-1
  • Value-added: means any activity that increases, by means of processing or any other means, the value of raw agricultural materials. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
  • Variable Rate: Having a "variable" rate means that the APR changes from time to time based on fluctuations in an external rate, normally the Prime Rate. This external rate is known as the "index." If the index changes, the variable rate normally changes. Also see Fixed Rate.
  • Variety: means a subdivision of a kind characterized by growth, plant, fruit, seed, or other characters by which it can be differentiated from other plants of the same kind. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Vegetable seed: includes the seed of those crops which are grown in gardens and on truck farms and are generally known and sold under the name of vegetable seed in the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Vehicle: means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, but excludes devices moved by human power or devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks and mopeds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 249-1
  • vehicle: means every vehicle which is:

         (1)  Self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power but which is not operated upon rails which is rented or leased or offered for rent or lease in this State, whether for personal or commercial use, for a period of six months or less; and

         (2)  Designed to carry seventeen passengers or fewer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 251-1

  • Vehicle: means any automobile, truck, tractor and similar equipment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Vendor: means any person engaged in selling or offering for sale agricultural or vegetable seed for planting purposes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Veterinarian: means the state veterinarian or any of the veterinarian's duly authorized representatives. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Water facility: includes all real and personal property, together with all improvements to the same, acquired or constructed pursuant to a plan or undertaking to provide water within a project for economic development, under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 174-2
  • Water tolls: means any charges established by the board for water supplied by it to the State, the Hawaiian homes commission, and land occupiers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 174-2
  • Weed: means any plant which grows where not wanted. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Weed seed: includes noxious weed seed and the seed of all plants generally recognized as weeds within the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • white rot: means an egg which is putrid or rotten. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 147-71
  • Wholesaler: means any person who buys or sells carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, other equines, or exotic animals in trade channels other than retail. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Wine: means the product obtained from normal alcoholic fermentation of the juice of sound ripe grapes or other agricultural products containing natural or added sugar or any such alcoholic beverage to which is added grape brandy, fruit brandy, or spirits of wine, which is distilled from the particular agricultural product or products of which the wine is made and other rectified wine products and by whatever name and which contains not more than twenty-four per cent of alcohol by volume, and includes vermouth and sake, known as Japanese rice wine, but does not include cooler beverage. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • wine gallon: means that liquid measure containing one hundred twenty-eight fluid ounces (3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.