Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 281 > Part III - Licenses and Permits, General Provisions

• Alcohol: means the product of distillation of any fermented liquid, whether rectified or not, whatever may be the origin thereof, and includes synthetic ethyl alcohol, but not denatured or other alcohol which is considered nonpotable under the customs laws of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• 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.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Bailee: means a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 490:7-102
• Beer: means any beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation of any infusion or decoction of barley or other grain, malt, and hops in water. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• board: means a board established by county charter, within a county, that shall have the jurisdiction to hear and determine complaints or violations of liquor laws and to impose penalties as may be provided in this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• Board: means the motor vehicle repair industry board. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437B-1
• Carrier: means a person that issues a bill of lading. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 490:7-102
• CFC: means any member of the family of substances containing carbon, fluorine, and chlorine, including, without limitation, those compounds known as CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-13, CFC-14, CFC-113, CFC-114, CFC-115, CFC-116, CFC-500, CFC-502, and CFC-503, and any combination or mixture containing any of these chlorofluorocarbon compounds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437B-1
• Club: means any organization for objects of a social, patriotic, political, or athletic nature, or the like, but not for pecuniary gain, having a regular membership to all of whom is charged monthly or quarterly dues, employing a full-time steward, and from which organization no person is entitled to or takes, directly or indirectly, any share of the profits thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• Commission: means the liquor commission for the county within which such commission has jurisdiction under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• Condominium hotel: means an establishment consisting of one or more buildings that includes:

  (1) Guest rooms that are units, as defined in § 514B-3, which are used to provide transient lodging for periods of less than thirty days under a written contract with the owner of the apartment or unit in the condominium hotel operation; and

  (2) Guest rooms that are units, owned or managed by the condominium hotel operator providing transient lodging for periods of less than thirty days, which are offered for adequate pay to transient guests. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1

• Condominium hotel operator: means any person who operates a condominium hotel, including but not limited to, a condominium hotel operator registered under section 467-30. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• Consignee: means a person named in a bill of lading to which or to whose order the bill promises delivery. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 490:7-102
• Consignor: means a person named in a bill of lading as the person from which the goods have been received for shipment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 490:7-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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: means the county in respect of which each commission has jurisdiction under this chapter; provided that in the county of Kalawao liquor may be sold only by such persons and only under such conditions as may be permitted or prescribed from time to time by the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• Crash parts: means motor vehicle replacement parts, either sheet metal or plastic, which constitute the visible exterior of the vehicle, including inner and outer panels, and which are repaired or replaced as the result of a collision. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437B-1
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Delivery order: means a record that contains an order to deliver goods directed to a warehouse, carrier, or other person that in the ordinary course of business issues warehouse receipts or bills of lading. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 490:7-102
• Department: means the department of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437B-1
• establishment: means a single physical location where the selling of liquor takes place. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Good faith: means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 490:7-102
• Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 490:7-102
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• HCFC: means any member of the family of substances containing hydrogen, carbon, fluorine, and chlorine, including, without limitation, those compounds known as HCFC-22 and HCFC-123, and any combination or mixture containing any of these hydrochlorofluorocarbon compounds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437B-1
• Hotel: means an establishment consisting of one or more buildings which contain such total number of rooms as may be prescribed by the commission and in which rooms sleeping accommodations are provided and offered for adequate pay to transient or permanent guests. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• intoxicating liquor: includes alcohol, brandy, whiskey, rum, gin, okolehao, sake, beer, ale, porter, and wine; and also includes, in addition to the foregoing, any spirituous, vinous, malt or fermented liquor, liquids, and compounds, whether medicated, proprietary, patented, or not, in whatever form and of whatever constituency and by whatever name called, containing one-half of one per cent or more of alcohol by volume, which are fit for use or may be used or readily converted for use for beverage purposes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• Issuer: includes a person for which an agent or employee purports to act in issuing a document if the agent or employee has real or apparent authority to issue documents, even if the issuer did not receive any goods, the goods were misdescribed, or in any other respect the agent or employee violated the issuer's instructions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 490:7-102
• 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.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• License: means any license granted under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• licensed premises: means the building and property that houses the establishment for which a license has been or is proposed to be issued; provided that in the case of class 12 hotel license, "premises" includes the hotel premises; provided further that in the case of a class 15 condominium hotel license, "premises" includes units, as defined in § 514B-3, that are used to provide transient lodging for periods of less than thirty days under a written contract with the owner or owners of each unit in, and common elements for access purposes as established by the declaration of condominium property regime of, the condominium hotel; and provided further that if an establishment is in a retail shopping complex the businesses of which have formed a merchants association, "premises" means the establishment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• Licensee: includes also all agents, servants, and employees of the holder of a license. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Minor: means any person below the age of twenty-one years. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• Mobile air conditioner: means an air conditioner designed for installation in a motor vehicle. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437B-1
• Motor vehicle: means any passenger car, truck, truck tractor, motorcycle, or motor scooter, as defined in § 286-2, and the integral parts thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437B-1
• Motor vehicle mechanic: means any person whether self-employed or employed by another, who, for compensation, engages in the diagnosis or repair of malfunctions of motor vehicles, and may be classified as "intermediate" or "journey worker" as the terms are commonly used in the motor vehicle repair industry. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437B-1
• Motor vehicle mechanic helper: means any person who, for compensation, engages in the diagnosis or repair of malfunctions of motor vehicles under the supervision of a licensed motor vehicle mechanic. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437B-1
• Motor vehicle repair dealer: means any person who is, or has in the person's employ, a motor vehicle mechanic licensed under this chapter and who, for compensation, engages in the business of diagnosing or repairing malfunctions of motor vehicles. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437B-1
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Partner: means a partner in a general partnership, limited partnership, or limited liability partnership. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• 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: means and includes natural persons, associations, copartnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations, and also includes any agent, servant, and employee of such person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• premises: includes the hotel premises; provided further that in the case of a class 15 condominium hotel license, "premises" includes units, as defined in § 514B-3, that are used to provide transient lodging for periods of less than thirty days under a written contract with the owner or owners of each unit in, and common elements for access purposes as established by the declaration of condominium property regime of, the condominium hotel; and provided further that if an establishment is in a retail shopping complex the businesses of which have formed a merchants association, "premises" means the establishment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• Refrigerant recovery and recycling equipment: means a device used to recover and to purify CFCs for later reuse. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437B-1
• Repair of motor vehicles: means all maintenance of and modifications and repairs to motor vehicles, including the rebuilding or restoring of rebuilt vehicles as defined in § 286-2, but excluding repairing tires, changing tires, lubricating vehicles, installing light bulbs, batteries, windshield wiper blades, and other minor accessories, cleaning, adjusting, and replacing spark plugs, replacing oil and air filters, and other minor services, which the board by rule determines may be performed by persons without the skills and knowledge required of motor vehicle mechanics and helpers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437B-1
• Restaurant: means a place which is regularly and in a bona fide manner used and kept open for the serving of meals to patrons for compensation and which has suitable kitchen facilities connected therewith, containing the necessary equipment and supplies for cooking an assortment of foods which may be required for ordinary meals. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• Retail licensee: means any licensee holding a class 2, class 4 through class 16, or class 18 license. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• Seller: includes the agents and employees of a seller; provided that any person shall be deemed to be a seller, who in the State, whether acting as agent or representative of a nonresident principal or otherwise, solicits the placing of or takes, receives, or forwards orders for liquor to be shipped into the State from any place without the State to be delivered to customers, by direct shipment or otherwise. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Shipper: means a person that enters into a contract of transportation with a carrier. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 490:7-102
• Standard bar: means any establishment licensed to sell liquor for consumption on the premises, except:

  (1) Premises in which a person performs or entertains unclothed or in attire restricted to use by entertainers pursuant to commission regulations; or

  (2) Premises in which live entertainment or recorded music is provided. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1

• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• to sell: includes to solicit and receive an order for; to have or keep or offer or expose for sale; to deliver for value or in any other way than purely gratuitously; to peddle; to keep with intent to sell; to traffic in; and the word "sale" includes every act of selling as herein defined. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• 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.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Warehouse: means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 490:7-102
• Wine: means any wine coming within the definition of wine contained in the United States Revenue Act of 1918 (Act of February 24, 1919), and includes sake. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1
• writing: includes printing and typewriting. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 281-1