Sections
Part 1 Short Title, General Construction and Subject Matter 490:2-101 – 490:2-107
Part 2 Form, Formation and Readjustment of Contract 490:2-201 – 490:2-210
Part 3 General Obligation and Construction of Contract 490:2-301 – 490:2-328
Part 4 Title, Creditors and Good Faith Purchasers 490:2-401 – 490:2-403
Part 5 Performance 490:2-501 – 490:2-515
Part 6 Breach, Repudiation and Excuse 490:2-601 – 490:2-616
Part 7 Remedies 490:2-701 – 490:2-725

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 490 > ARTICLE 2 - SALES

  • Acquiring person: means a person who is required to deliver an information statement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414E-1
  • Adult entertainment: means an activity to which a minor would not be able to legally gain admittance and shall include but not be limited to:

         (1)  Performing of exotic entertainment;

         (2)  Nude, exotic, or lap dancing;

         (3)  Showing of film, video, still picture, electronic reproduction, or other visual reproduction depicting:

              (A)  Acts or simulated acts of sexual intercourse, masturbation, sodomy, bestiality, oral copulation, flagellation, or any sexual acts that are prohibited by law;

              (B)  Any person being touched, caressed, or fondled on the breast, buttocks, anus, or genitalia;

              (C)  Scenes wherein a person displays the anus or genitalia; or

              (D)  Scenes wherein artificial devices or inanimate objects are employed to depict, or drawings are employed to portray, any of the prohibited activities described above. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 390-1

  • 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.
  • Aggravating character: means circumstances and behavior that increase the seriousness or outrageousness of contemptuous conduct. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 396-3
  • 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.
  • Amusement ride: means a mechanically or electrically operated device designed to carry passengers in various modes and used for entertainment and amusement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appeals board: means the Hawaii labor relations board. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 396-3
  • Appeals board: means the labor and industrial relations appeals board established by § 371-4. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • 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.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Boiler: means a closed vessel in which water or other liquid is heated, steam or vapor is generated, steam or vapor is superheated, or any combination thereof under pressure for use external to itself, by the direct application of energy from the combustion of fuels, or from electricity or solar energy. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Buyer: means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 490:2-103
  • Closing: means the permanent shutting down of all operations within a covered establishment due to the sale, transfer, merger, other business takeover or transaction of business interests, bankruptcy, or other close of business transaction that results in or may result in the layoff or termination of employees of a covered establishment by the employer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 394B-2
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Conference committee: A temporary, ad hoc panel composed of conferees from both chamber of a legislature which is formed for the purpose of reconciling differences in legislation that has passed both chambers. Conference committees are usually convened to resolve bicameral differences on major and controversial legislation.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contract for sale: includes both a present sale of goods and a contract to sell goods at a future time. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 490:2-106
  • Contractor: means any person, firm, or corporation installing, repairing, or servicing and responsible for the safe operation of any boiler, pressure system, amusement ride, or elevator and kindred equipment or structure inspected pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Control share acquisition: means an acquisition of shares of an issuing public corporation resulting in beneficial ownership by an acquiring person of a new range of voting power specified in this chapter, but does not include an acquisition:

         (1)  Before or pursuant to an agreement entered into before July 1, 1987;

         (2)  By a donee pursuant to an inter vivos gift not made to avoid this chapter or by a distributee as defined in chapter 560;

         (3)  Pursuant to a security agreement not created to avoid this chapter;

         (4)  Pursuant to a merger or share exchange executed in accordance with applicable law, if the issuing public corporation is a party to the plan of merger or share exchange;

         (5)  From the issuing public corporation;

         (6)  That is approved by resolution of the board of directors of the issuing public corporation before the acquisition occurs; or

         (7)  That the board of directors of the issuing public corporation determines, by resolution before the acquisition occurs, is not a control share acquisition. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414E-1

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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
  • Covered establishment: means any industrial, commercial, or other business entity that employs at any time in the preceding twelve-month period, fifty or more persons. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 394B-2
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dealer: means , for the purpose of the section concerning explosives, any person, corporation, partnership, association, association of dealers, or other form of business enterprise engaged in the business of buying and selling explosives. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 396-3
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the department of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 387-1
  • Department: means the department of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 390-1
  • Department: means the department of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 394B-2
  • Department: means the department of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 396-3
  • Department: means the department of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Director: means the director of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 387-1
  • Director: means the director of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 390-1
  • Director: means the director of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 394B-2
  • Director: means the director of labor and industrial relations or the director's designee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 396-3
  • Director: means the director of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Director: means the director of transportation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 286-201
  • Director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 415A-2
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dislocated worker: means an individual who:

         (1)  Has been terminated or laid off or who has received a notice of termination or layoff from employment, is eligible for or has exhausted entitlement to unemployment compensation, and is unlikely to return to the person's previous industry or occupation;

         (2)  Has been terminated or who has received a notice of termination of employment, as a result of any permanent closure of a business, partial closings, and relocation as defined in this section; or

         (3)  Is a long-term unemployed and has limited opportunities for employment or reemployment in the same or a similar occupation in the area in which the individual resides, including any older individual who may have substantial barriers to employment by reason of age. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 394B-2

  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Disqualification: means any of the following three actions:

         (1)  The suspension, revocation, or cancellation of a commercial driver's license by the state or jurisdiction of issuance;

         (2)  Any withdrawal of a person's privileges to drive a commercial motor vehicle by a state or other jurisdiction as the result of a violation of state or local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control (other than parking, vehicle weight, or vehicle defect violations); or

         (3)  A determination by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that a person is not qualified to operate a commercial motor vehicle under Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations Part 391. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 286-231

  • Disqualified person: means any natural person, corporation, partnership, fiduciary, trust, association, government agency, or other entity which for any reason is or becomes ineligible under this chapter to own shares issued by a professional corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 415A-2
  • Divestiture: means the transfer of any covered establishment from one employer to another because of the sale, transfer, merger, bankruptcy, or other business takeover or transaction of business interests that causes the covered establishment's employees to become dislocated workers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 394B-2
  • Division: means the division of occupational safety and health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Donee: The recipient of a gift.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Elevator: means a hoisting and lowering mechanism permanently installed in a structure, designed to carry passengers or authorized personnel, equipped with a car or platform which moves in fixed guides and serves two or more fixed landings. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Elevators and kindred equipment: means elevators, escalators, dumbwaiters, moving walks, stage lifts, inclined lifts, personnel hoists, permanently installed material lifts, and any other similar mechanized equipment used to convey people in places other than a public right-of-way. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Employee: includes any individual employed by an employer, but shall not include any individual employed:

         (1)  At a guaranteed compensation totaling $2,000 or more a month, whether paid weekly, biweekly, or monthly;

         (2)  In agriculture for any workweek in which the employer of the individual employs less than twenty employees or in agriculture for any workweek in which the individual is engaged in coffee harvesting;

         (3)  In or about the home of the individual's employer:

              (A)  In domestic service on a casual basis; or

              (B)  Providing companionship services for the aged or infirm;

         (4)  As a house parent in or about any home or shelter maintained for child welfare purposes by a charitable organization exempt from income tax under § 501 of the federal Internal Revenue Code;

         (5)  By the individual's brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son, daughter, spouse, parent, or parent-in-law;

         (6)  In a bona fide executive, administrative, supervisory, or professional capacity or in the capacity of outside salesperson or as an outside collector;

         (7)  In the propagating, catching, taking, harvesting, cultivating, or farming of any kind of fish, shellfish, crustacean, sponge, seaweed, or other aquatic forms of animal or vegetable life, including the going to and returning from work and the loading and unloading of such products prior to first processing;

         (8)  On a ship or vessel and who has a Merchant Mariners Document issued by the United States Coast Guard;

         (9)  As a driver of a vehicle carrying passengers for hire operated solely on call from a fixed stand;

        (10)  As a golf caddy;

        (11)  By a nonprofit school during the time such individual is a student attending such school;

        (12)  In any capacity if by reason of the employee's employment in such capacity and during the term thereof the minimum wage which may be paid the employee or maximum hours which the employee may work during any workweek without the payment of overtime, are prescribed by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, or as the same may be further amended from time to time; provided that if the minimum wage which may be paid the employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act for any workweek is less than the minimum wage prescribed by § 387-2, then § 387-2 shall apply in respect to the employees for such workweek; provided further that if the maximum workweek established for the employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act for the purposes of overtime compensation is higher than the maximum workweek established under § 387-3, then § 387-3 shall apply in respect to such employee for such workweek; except that the employee's regular rate in such an event shall be the employee's regular rate as determined under the Fair Labor Standards Act;

        (13)  As a seasonal youth camp staff member in a resident situation in a youth camp sponsored by charitable, religious, or nonprofit organizations exempt from income tax under § 501 of the federal Internal Revenue Code or in a youth camp accredited by the American Camping Association; or

        (14)  As an automobile salesperson primarily engaged in the selling of automobiles or trucks if employed by an automobile or truck dealer licensed under chapter 437. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 387-1

  • Employee: means any individual engaged in service to an employer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 394B-2
  • Employee: means every natural person who is required or directed or permitted or suffered by any employer to engage in any employment, or to go to work or be at any time in any place of employment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 396-3
  • Employee: means a person who may be permitted, required, or directed by an employer for wages or pay to engage in any employment and who has been employed by that employer for at least one year immediately preceding the commencement of leave provided under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 398A-1
  • Employee benefits: means all benefits, other than salary and wages, provided or made available to an employee by an employer and includes group life insurance, health insurance, disability insurance, and pensions, regardless of whether benefits are provided by a policy or practice of an employer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 398A-1
  • Employer: includes any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, legal representative, or any organized group of persons, acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee, but shall not include the State or any political subdivision thereof or the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 387-1
  • Employer: includes any individual, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, the personal representative of the estate of a deceased individual or the receiver, trustee, or successor of any of the same, employing any person, but shall not include the State or any political subdivision thereof or the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 390-1
  • Employer: means any individual or entity that, directly or indirectly, owns, operates, or has a controlling interest in a covered establishment, excluding the State or any political subdivision thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 394B-2
  • Employer: means :

         (1)  The State and every state agency;

         (2)  Each county and all public and quasi-public corporations and public agencies therein;

         (3)  Every person which has any natural person in service;

         (4)  The legal representative of any deceased employer;

         (5)  Every person having direction, management, control, or custody of any employment, place of employment, or any employee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 396-3

  • Employer: means any private:

         (1)  Person;

         (2)  Partnership;

         (3)  Corporation;

         (4)  Association; or

         (5)  Other business entity,

    that employs fifty or more employees. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 398A-1

  • Employer: means any person, including the United States, a state or a political subdivision of a state, who owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle or assigns a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 286-231
  • Employment: includes the carrying on of any trade, business, occupation, or work, including all excavation, demolition, and construction work, or any process or operation in any way related thereto, in which any person is engaged to work for hire except domestic service in or about a private home. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 396-3
  • Endorsement: means an authorization on an individual's commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit required to permit the individual to operate certain types of commercial motor vehicles. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 286-231
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Exclusive employment: means a qualified boiler inspector who is employed on a full-time or part-time basis to provide inspection services within the scope of their National Board commission exclusively for only one authorized inspection agency or owner-user inspection organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Fatality: means the death of a person as a result of a motor vehicle accident. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 286-231
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • 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.
  • Gainful occupation: means any activity which produces pecuniary gain for any person or persons connected therewith. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 390-1
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Glazing material: means any glass, plastic, or like material, manufactured for use in or on a vehicle, including but not limited to windshields, window openings, or interior partitions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291-21.3
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Hazardous material: means a substance or material which has been determined by the United States Secretary of Transportation to be capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce, and which has been so designated. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 286-221
  • Hazardous materials incident: means an occurrence or likely occurrence or potential of a spill, release, leakage, dumping, or loss of control of a hazardous material during the course of transportation in commerce including loading, unloading, or temporary storage. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 286-221
  • Hazardous waste: means any material designated in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 261 and which are subject to the hazardous waste manifest requirements of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 262. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 286-221
  • Hoisting machine: means a machine with a hoist line, sling, or hydraulic lifting mechanism used in construction, demolition, or excavation work. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 396-3
  • Imminent hazard: means the existence of a condition that presents a substantial likelihood that death, serious illness, severe personal injury, or a substantial endangerment to health, property, or the environment may occur before the reasonably foreseeable completion date of a formal proceeding begun to lessen the risk of such death, illness, injury, or endangerment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 286-231
  • Infectious substance: means a viable microorganism, or its toxin, which causes or may cause disease in humans and animals, or which is further described as an infectious substance in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 173. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 286-221
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
  • Intoxicating liquor: means the same as the term is defined in § 281-1. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291-1
  • Issuing public corporation: means a corporation incorporated in this State with at least one hundred shareholders and having its principal place of business or substantial assets located in this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414E-1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Legal tender: coins, dollar bills, or other currency issued by a government as official money. Source: U.S. Mint
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Licensing authority: means the officer, board, agency, court, or other authority in this State which has the power to issue a license or other legal authorization to render a professional service. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 415A-2
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Medical waste: means for transportation purposes, shipments of medical waste material generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings and animals, in research pertaining thereto, in the production or testing of biologicals, or which are further described as regulated medical waste in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 173. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 286-221
  • month: means a calendar month; and the word "year" a calendar year. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-20
  • Motor carrier: as used in this part means any person who owns a motor vehicle used in, or engages in the transportation of persons or property by motor vehicle on the public highways in the furtherance of any commercial, industrial, or educational enterprise. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 286-201
  • Motor carrier vehicle: means any motor vehicle or vehicle, including integrally mounted equipment and specially constructed motorized equipment, used by a motor carrier to transport passengers or property on the public highways. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 286-201
  • National Board: means the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Noncommercial motor vehicle: means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles not defined by the term "commercial motor vehicle (CMV)" under § 286-2. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 286-231
  • 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.
  • Occupational safety and health standard: means a standard which requires conditions, or the adoption or use of one or more practices, means, methods, operations, or processes, reasonably necessary or appropriate to provide safe or healthful employment and places of employment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 396-3
  • Other entity: includes a domestic or foreign corporation, whether organized for profit or not, a domestic or foreign limited liability company, general partnership, limited partnership, or limited liability partnership. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 415A-2
  • Out-of-service order: means a declaration by an authorized enforcement officer of a federal, state, Canadian, Mexican, or local jurisdiction that a driver, a commercial motor vehicle, or a motor carrier operation is out-of-service pursuant to Section 386. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 286-231
  • Owner: means any person, firm, or corporation with legal title to any boiler, pressure system, amusement ride, or elevator and kindred equipment inspected pursuant to this chapter who may or may not be the user. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Owner-user inspection organization: means an owner or user of pressure retaining items, whose organization and inspection procedures meet the requirements of the National Board, and is approved by the director. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Partial closing: means the permanent shutting down of a portion of operations within a covered establishment due to the sale, transfer, merger, and other business takeover or transaction of business interests and results in or may result in the termination of a portion of the employees of a covered establishment by the employer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 394B-2
  • 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.
  • Permit to operate: means a certificate issued by the department that indicates that the pressure retaining item, amusement ride, or elevator and kindred equipment has met the required safety inspection and tests required by this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter, and that required fees have been paid as set forth in this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Person: means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, business trust, legal representatives, or any organized group of persons. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 394B-2
  • Place of employment: means any place, and the premises appurtenant thereto, where employment is carried on. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 396-3
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • present sale: means a sale which is accomplished by the making of the contract. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 490:2-106
  • Pressure piping: means piping systems specified in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Power Piping Code B31. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Pressure retaining item: means a boiler, pressure vessel, or pressure system. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Pressure system: means either a pressure vessel or pressure piping as defined in this section. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Pressure vessel: means a closed vessel in which pressure is obtained from an external source or by the direct application of heat from a direct or indirect source. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Professional corporation: means a domestic professional corporation for profit subject to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 415A-2
  • Professional service: means any service that lawfully may be rendered only by persons licensed under chapters 442, 448, 453, 455, 457, 459, 461, 463E, 465, 466, 471, and 605. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 415A-2
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Qualified person: means an individual who is eligible under this chapter to own shares issued by a professional corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 415A-2
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Relocation: means the removal of all or substantially all of the industrial, commercial, or business operations in a covered establishment to a location outside the State of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 394B-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.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • 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.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Scenic lookout: includes any area within or adjoining a public street, road, or highway which is intended for use by motorists as a stopping or parking area attendant to the enjoyment of the surrounding scenery or a view. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291-1
  • School bus: means a commercial motor vehicle used to transport pre-primary, primary, or secondary school students from home to school, from school to home, or to and from school-sponsored events, but does not include a bus, as defined under § 286-2, used as a common carrier as defined under § 271-4. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 286-231
  • Seller: means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 490:2-103
  • Serious traffic violation: means conviction of any of the following offenses when operating a commercial motor vehicle, except for weight, defect, and parking violations:

         (1)  Excessive speeding involving any single offense for any speed of fifteen miles per hour or more above the posted speed limit;

         (2)  Reckless driving or driving a commercial motor vehicle in disregard of the safety of persons or property, including but not limited to offenses of driving a commercial motor vehicle in wilful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property;

         (3)  Improper or erratic traffic lane changes;

         (4)  Following a vehicle ahead too closely;

         (5)  A violation of any state or local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than a parking violation, arising in connection with a fatal traffic accident;

         (6)  Driving a commercial motor vehicle without obtaining a commercial learner's permit or a commercial driver's license;

         (7)  Driving a commercial motor vehicle without a commercial learner's permit or a commercial driver's license in the driver's possession; provided that this paragraph shall not apply to a citation issued under, or an offense disposed of pursuant to § 286-116(a) or a substantially similar provision of law in another state;

         (8)  Driving a commercial motor vehicle without the proper class or endorsements of commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit for the specific vehicle group being operated or for the passengers or type of cargo being transported;

         (9)  Texting while driving in violation of a state or county law or ordinance; or

        (10)  Using a mobile electronic device in violation of a state or a county law or ordinance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 286-231

  • Serious violation: means a violation that carries with it a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a condition that exists, or from one or more practices, means, methods, operations, or processes that have been adopted or are in use, in a place of employment, unless the employer did not, and could not with the exercise of reasonable diligence, have known of the presence of the violation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 396-3
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Tank vehicle: means any commercial vehicle that is designed to transport any liquid or gaseous materials within a tank or tanks having an individual rated capacity of more than one hundred nineteen gallons and an aggregate rated capacity of one thousand gallons or more that is either permanently or temporarily attached to the vehicle or the chassis. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 286-231
  • Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Texting: means manually entering alphanumeric text into, or reading text from, an electronic device, and includes short message service; e-mailing; instant messaging; a command or request to access a world wide web page; pressing more than a single button to initiate or terminate a voice communication using a mobile telephone; and engaging in any other form of electronic text retrieval or entry, for present or future communication. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 286-231
  • Theatrical employment: means gainful occupation as a model, dancer, singer, musician, entertainer or motion picture, television, radio or theatrical performer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 390-1
  • 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.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • User: means any person, firm, or corporation legally in possession and responsible for the safe operation of any boiler, pressure system, amusement ride, or elevator and kindred equipment inspected pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Vendor: means any person, firm, or corporation that sells or distributes any boiler, pressure system, amusement ride, or elevator and kindred equipment required to be inspected pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Wage: means (except as the department may provide under § 387-11) legal tender of the United States or checks on banks convertible into cash on demand at full face value thereof and in addition thereto the reasonable cost as determined by the department, to the employer of furnishing an employee with board, lodging, or other facilities if such board, lodging, or other facilities are customarily furnished by such employer to the employer's employees. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 387-1
  • Wilful violation: means a voluntary act or omission by the employer, as distinguished from an accidental act or omission, that is done with intentional disregard of, or plain indifference to, any standard, rule, citation, or order issued under the authority of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 396-3
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.