Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 322 > Part I - Abatement of Nuisances

• Architect: means a person who holds oneself out as able to perform, or who does perform, any professional service such as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, including aesthetic and structural design, or observation of construction, in connection with any private or public buildings, structures, or projects or the equipment or utilities thereof, or the accessories thereto, wherein the safeguarding of life, health, or property is concerned or involved, when the professional service requires the application of the art and science of construction based upon the principles of mathematics, aesthetics, and the physical sciences. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 464-1
• 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 Hawaii medical board. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 463E-1
• 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
• Department: means department of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 463E-1
• 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.
• 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.
• Land surveying: means any professional service or work which involves the application of specialized knowledge of the principles of mathematics, the physical and applied sciences, and the act of measuring, locating, establishing, or reestablishing lines, angles, elevations, natural and manmade features on the surface and immediate subsurface of the earth, or on the beds or surface of bodies of water, for the purpose of determining, establishing, describing, displaying, or interpreting the size, shape, topography, elevation datum planes, legal or geodetic location or relocation, or orientation of improved or unimproved real property and appurtenances thereto, including acreage. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 464-1
• land surveyor: means a person who holds oneself out as able to practice, or who does practice, land surveying in this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 464-1
• Landscape architect: means a person who holds oneself out as able to perform, or who does perform, any professional services such as consultation, investigation, reconnaissance, research, design, preparation of drawings and specifications, and observation of construction where the dominant purpose of the services is:

  (1) The preservation and enhancement of land uses and natural land features;

  (2) The location and construction of aesthetically pleasing and functional approaches for structures, roadways, and walkways; and

  (3) The design for equestrian trails, plantings, landscape irrigation, landscape lighting, and landscape grading. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 464-1

• Podiatrist: means a person in the professional practice of podiatric medicine. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 463E-1
• Professional engineer: means a person who holds oneself out as able to perform, or who does perform, any professional service such as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, or observation of construction or operation, in connection with any public or private utilities, structures, buildings, machines, equipment, processes, works, or projects, wherein the safeguarding of life, health, or property is concerned or involved, when such professional service requires the application of engineering principles and data. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 464-1
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.