Except as otherwise provided:

(1) Until judgment is given, the court may remand the party or accept bail for the party’s appearance from day to day or may place the party under special care and custody, as circumstances may require; and

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 660-28

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(2) After judgment is given, an order made by the court under paragraph (1) shall be continued in effect during a stay of enforcement of judgment, unless the trial court, the intermediate appellate court, or the supreme court after taking of the appeal, terminates the order or makes other provision in the circumstances.

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