Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 481R - Vehicle Protection Product Warrantors

• Acquittal:
  1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
  2. A verdict of "not guilty."
   
• Administrator: means the person in charge of a public or private hospital. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• Consumer: means a person in this State who purchases or otherwise possesses a vehicle protection product. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481R-1
• 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.
• county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
• Court: means any duly constituted court and includes proceedings, hearings of per diem judges as authorized by law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• Director: means the director of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• Discharge: means the formal termination on the records of a psychiatric facility of a patient's period of treatment at the facility. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• 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.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• 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.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Mental health: means a state of social, psychological, and physical well-being, with capacity to function effectively in a variety of social roles. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• Patient: means a person under observation, care, or treatment at a psychiatric facility. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• Psychiatric facility: means a public or private hospital or part thereof which provides inpatient or outpatient care, custody, diagnosis, treatment or rehabilitation services for mentally ill persons or for persons habituated to the excessive use of drugs or alcohol or for intoxicated persons. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Reimbursement insurance policy: means a policy of insurance issued to a warrantor to:

  (1) Provide reimbursement to the warrantor under the terms of the insured vehicle protection product issued or sold by the warrantor; and

  (2) Pay on behalf of the warrantor, in the event of the warrantor's nonperformance, all covered obligations incurred by the warrantor under the terms of the insured vehicle protection product issued or sold by the warrantor. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481R-1

• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Seller: means a person engaged in the business of offering a vehicle protection product for sale to a consumer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481R-1
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Treatment: means the broad range of emergency, out-patient, intermediate, domiciliary, and inpatient services and care, including diagnostic evaluation, medical, psychiatric, psychological, and social service care, vocational rehabilitation, career counseling, and other special services which may be extended to handicapped persons. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• Vehicle identification number: means a serial number or identification mark of any vehicle established by the manufacturer for the purpose of identifying the vehicle. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481R-1
• Vehicle protection product: means a product or system, which includes a written warranty, that is:

  (1) Installed or applied to a vehicle; and

  (2) Designed to prevent loss or damage to a vehicle from a specific cause. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481R-1

• Warrantor: means a person named under the terms of a vehicle protection product warranty as the contractual obligor to the consumer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481R-1