Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 490 > Article 13 - Transitional Provisions for Uniform Commercial Code Amendments (2022)

• 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.
• Boxing: means a contest in which the act of attack and defense is practiced with gloved fists by two contestants. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 440-1
• Club: means a promoter, corporation, joint venture, partnership, limited liability corporation, limited liability partnership, or any other type of business entity that promotes, conducts, holds, or gives a boxing contest. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 440-1
• Commission: means the state boxing commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 440-1
• Contest: means match or exhibition. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 440-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
• Director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 440-1
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• 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}