Hawaii Revised Statutes 111-1 – Findings and declaration of legislative purpose
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 111-1
- Business: means any lawful activity conducted (1) primarily for the purchase and resale, manufacture, processing or marketing of products, commodities, or any other personal property; (2) primarily for the sale of services to the public; or (3) by a nonprofit organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 111-2
- Code: means the housing, building, and zoning codes of the counties. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 111-2
- county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
- 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
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
The legislature hereby finds and declares that it is in the public interest that persons lawfully residing on or lawfully occupying real property and displaced by any action undertaken by any state or county governmental agency should be compensated for such displacement under certain circumstances. The purpose of this chapter is to establish a uniform policy for the fair and equitable treatment of owners, tenants, other persons, and business concerns lawfully residing on or lawfully occupying real property and displaced by the acquisition of real property for public or other purposes in the public interest and by building, zoning, and housing code enforcement activities.