Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 142 > Part VI - Aviary Game Birds

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Aviary game bird: includes the various species of pheasant which are of rare nature and are generally propagated and raised for its ornamental and aesthetic purposes, but does not pertain to birds raised for food, fighting, baiting, or for similar commercial purposes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 142-111
• Circuit court: means the court established in each of the judicial circuits of this State pursuant to chapter 603 and which has jurisdiction under § 412:1-108 over a matter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Commission: means the public utilities commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of financial institutions of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
• Damage: means :

  (1) The substantial weakening of the structural or lateral support of a subsurface installation;

  (2) The penetration or destruction of any protective coating, housing, or other protective device of a subsurface installation; or

  (3) The partial or complete severance of a subsurface installation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2

• Department: means the department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 142-111
• Division: means the division of financial institutions of the department of commerce and consumer affairs of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• 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.
• Excavator: means any person, including an operator, who performs any excavation, other than an operator whose employees are performing maintenance work on the operator's subsurface installation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2
• Federal: means belonging to, part of, or related to the government of the United States of America. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Financial institution: means a Hawaii financial institution, and unless the context indicates otherwise, a federal financial institution or foreign financial institution. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Hawaii financial institution: means :

  (1) A corporation or credit union that holds a charter or license under this chapter or under prior Hawaii law, authorizing it to accept deposits, to make loans in excess of the rates permitted in chapter 478, or to engage in the business of a trust company; or

  (2) A resulting bank as defined in article 12,

  and includes a corporation or credit union existing and chartered as a Hawaii financial institution or licensed to transact business in this State on July 1, 1993. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109

• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Operator: means any person who owns, operates, or maintains a subsurface installation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2
• Person: means a natural person, entity or organization, including without limitation an individual, corporation, joint venture, partnership, sole proprietorship, association, cooperative, estate, trust, or governmental unit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
• Person: means any individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association, agency, cooperative or joint stock association, contractor, subcontractor, operator, or other entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.