663A-1 Definitions
663A-2 Damages and penalties

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 663A - Civil Liability for Shoplifting

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • 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.
  • Mercantile establishment: means any place where merchandise is displayed, held, or offered for sale at retail. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 663A-1
  • Merchandise: means all things movable and capable of manual delivery. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 663A-1
  • Owner: means any person who owns or operates a mercantile establishment or the agents or employees of that person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 663A-1
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Shoplifting: means the specific type of theft offense defined in § 708-830(8). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 663A-1