Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 261E - Hawaii Air Carriers

• Administrator: means the administrator of forestry and wildlife. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 185-1
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Air transportation: means the holding out to the general public of or the undertaking to provide the carriage of persons or property, except for United States mail, by air, for compensation or hire between any pair of points, both of which are within the State of Hawaii, unless the carriage is part of the continuous carriage of the persons or property to or from a point outside the State of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261E-2
• Aircraft: means any craft or other artificial contrivance of whatever description that is used or capable of being used, or intended to be used, as a means of transportation by air. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261E-2
• Articles of incorporation: include amended and restated articles of incorporation and articles of merger. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 185-1
• Branch: means an area comprising a county of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 185-1
• carrier: means any person or entity who has received a certificate issued by the commission and who undertakes or holds itself out to the general public as engaging directly or indirectly in the transportation by air of passengers or property, or both, for compensation or hire within the State or between points within the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261E-2
• Certificate: means a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under this chapter to a Hawaii air carrier. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261E-2
• Commission: means the air carrier commission established pursuant to § 261E-4. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261E-2
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• continuous carriage: means transportation by air which does not include a stopover of more than twenty-four hours. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261E-2
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 185-1
• Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 188F-1
• Department director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs, unless the context otherwise requires. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
• Distribution: means a direct or indirect transfer of money or other property (except its own shares) or incurrence of indebtedness by a corporation to or for the benefit of its shareholders in respect of any of its shares. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Electronic transmission: means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Individual: means a natural person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Management area: means the West Hawaii regional fishery management area established in § 188F-2. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 188F-1
• Manager: means the forestry and wildlife manager of a designated branch. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 185-1
• Person: includes individual and entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Plan: means the West Hawaii regional fishery management area plan established in § 188F-4. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 188F-1
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Proceeding: includes civil suit and criminal, administrative, and investigatory action. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Rates: includes rates, fares, and charges of whatever kind and nature unless the context indicates otherwise. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261E-2
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Related company: means a company or persons that directly, or indirectly through one or more subsidiaries, affiliates, or a holding company, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, a Hawaii air carrier. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261E-2
• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Shareholder: means the person in whose name shares are registered in the records of a corporation or the beneficial owner of shares to the extent of the rights granted by a nominee certificate on file with a corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Shares: means the units into which the proprietary interests in a corporation are divided. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Transportation of persons: includes every service in connection with or incidental to the comfort or convenience of persons transported and the receipt, carriage, and delivery of these persons and their baggage. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261E-2
• Transportation of property: includes every service in connection with or incidental to the transportation of property, including in particular its receipt, carriage, preservation, and delivery, and all incidental services affecting these activities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261E-2
• United States: includes district, authority, bureau, commission, department, and any other agency of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Voting group: means all shares of one or more classes or series that under the articles of incorporation or this chapter are entitled to vote and be counted together collectively on a matter at a meeting of shareholders. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3