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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 516-56

  • 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.
  • Corporation: means the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation created by chapter 201H. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 516-1
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fair market value: means that amount of money that a purchaser willing, but not obliged, to buy an interest in land would pay an owner willing, but not obliged, to sell it, taking into consideration all uses to which the land is adapted or might in reason be applied. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 516-1
  • leased fee interest: means all of the interests of the fee owner, lessor, and all legal and equitable owners of the land which is leased, other than the lessee's interest as defined by this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 516-1
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.

The parties to the eminent domain action brought under this chapter shall be the corporation as plaintiff and the lessees and all other necessary parties as defendants. The corporation does not have the burden of proof in establishing the fair market value of the leased fee interest being acquired. Instead, all parties, including the corporation, shall be given an opportunity to present evidence of the fair market value of the leased fee interest being acquired.