Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 655-1

  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

When it is admitted, by the pleading or examination of a party, that the party has in the party’s possession, or under the party’s control, any money, or other thing, capable of delivery, which, being the subject of the litigation, is held by the party as trustee for another person, or which belongs, or is due, to another person, the court may order the same, upon motion, to be deposited in court, or delivered to the party, upon such conditions as may be just, subject to the further direction of the court.