Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 183B - Hawaiian Fishponds

• Adult: means a person eighteen years of age or older. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-502
• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• 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.
• Board: means the board of private detectives and guards described in section 463-2. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 463-1
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• 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.
• county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
• Day care center: includes a place designated for group care for four or more adults or a family home providing care for two or more adults. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-492
• Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-492
• Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-502
• Department: means the department of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 462A-1
• Department director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs, unless the context otherwise requires. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Director: means the director of health or the director's designated representative. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-502
• Director: means the director of the department of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 462A-1
• Disabled and aged persons: means any person who lives with a spouse, relative, or friend but who requires temporary supervision and care during the absence of those persons from the home or residence. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-492
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Elder: means any person as may otherwise be defined by the department, who desires and needs counseling, guidance, and assistance to modify or resolve the social, economic, educational, recreational, physical, or mental problem that impedes the person's personal functioning and well-being. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-492
• 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.
• Firm: means a sole proprietor, corporation, joint venture, limited liability partnership, limited liability corporation, partnership, association, or any other legal business entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 463-1
• Foreign corporation: means a corporation for profit incorporated under a law other than the law of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Guard: means a registered uniformed or nonuniformed person responsible for the safekeeping of a client's properties and persons within contractually prescribed boundaries, and for observation and reporting relative to such safekeeping. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 463-1
• Guard agency: means a licensed firm engaged in the guard business. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 463-1
• Hawaiian fishponds: means the unique, traditional system and methodology of aquaculture practiced by the aboriginal people of Hawaii, and found nowhere else in the world. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 183B-1
• Intellectual disability: means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning resulting in or associated with concurrent moderate, severe, or profound impairments in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-502
• License: means a pilot's license issued pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 462A-1
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: includes individual and entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Person with developmental or intellectual disabilities: means an adult with a developmental or intellectual disability. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-502
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Pilot: means a state pilot licensed pursuant to this chapter as a port pilot or a deputy port pilot. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 462A-1
• Pilotage waters: means the waters of this State covered by this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 462A-1
• Principal detective: means a licensed detective designated as the detective agency's primary licensee who is fully responsible for the direct management and control of the agency and the agency's employees. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 463-1
• private detective agency: means a licensed firm engaged in the private detective business. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 463-1
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Proceeding: includes civil suit and criminal, administrative, and investigatory action. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Shares: means the units into which the proprietary interests in a corporation are divided. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Vessel: means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 462A-1