Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 485A-103

  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Security: means a note; stock; treasury stock; security future; bond; debenture; evidence of indebtedness; certificate of interest or participation in a profit-sharing agreement; collateral trust certificate; preorganization certificate or subscription; transferable share; investment contract; variable annuity contract; voting trust certificate; certificate of deposit for a security; fractional undivided interest in oil, gas, or other mineral rights; put, call, straddle, option, or privilege on a security, certificate of deposit, or group or index of securities, including an interest therein or based on the value thereof; put, call, straddle, option, or privilege entered into on a national securities exchange relating to foreign currency; in general, an interest or instrument commonly known as a "security"; or a certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 485A-102

“Securities Act of 1933” (15 U.S.C. § 77a et seq.), “Securities Exchange Act of 1934” (15 U.S.C. § 78a et seq.), “Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935” (15 U.S.C. § 79 et seq.), “Investment Company Act of 1940” (15 U.S.C. §§ 80a-1 et seq.), “Investment Advisers Act of 1940” (15 U.S.C. §§ 80b-1 et seq.), “Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974″ (29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.), “National Housing Act” (12 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq.), “Commodity Exchange Act” (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), “Internal Revenue Code” (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), “Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970” (15 U.S.C. § 78aa a et seq.), “Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998″ (112 Stat. 3227), “Small Business Investment Act of 1958” (15 U.S.C. § 661 et seq.), “National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996” (Pub. L. No. 104-290, 110 Stat. 3416 (1996)), and “Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act” (15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq.) mean those statutes and the rules and regulations adopted under those statutes, as in effect on July 1, 2008, or as later amended.