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

• Articles of incorporation: include amended and restated articles of incorporation and articles of merger. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• 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.
• 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.
• 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}
• 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
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• 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
• 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.
• Shares: means the units into which the proprietary interests in a corporation are divided. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Shoplifting: means the specific type of theft offense defined in section 708-830(8). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 663A-1