Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-27

  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • 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.

The sufficiency of the bonds of the members of the several councils and the mayor of the city and county of Honolulu shall be approved by a judge of the circuit court having jurisdiction over or within the county, and all other bonds shall be approved as to sufficiency by the officer with whom the same are required to be deposited.