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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 702-232

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.

It is an affirmative defense to a penal charge that the defendant, in engaging in the conduct or causing the result alleged, which the defendant did not know to be unlawful, did no more than execute an order of the defendant’s superior in the armed services.