Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 428 > Part III - Relations of Members and Managers to Persons Dealing With the Limited Liability Company

• Articles of organization: means initial, amended, and restated articles of organization and articles of merger. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
• Business: includes every trade, occupation, profession, and other lawful purpose, whether or not carried on for profit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Criminal process: means a search warrant or legal process issued pursuant to chapters 28, 621, 622, and 803; the Hawaii rules of penal procedure; and any other legal process signed by a judge or clerk of the district or circuit court and issued in a criminal matter that allows the search for or commands production of records that are in the actual or constructive possession of the recipient, regardless of whether the recipient or the records are physically located within the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 806D-1
• 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.
• Limited liability company: means a limited liability company organized under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
• Manager: means a person, whether or not a member of a manager-managed limited liability company, who is vested with authority under section 428-301(b). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
• Manager-managed limited liability company: means a limited liability company which is so designated in its articles of organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
• Member-managed limited liability company: means a limited liability company other than a manager-managed company. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
• 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.
• Person: includes any individual or entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
• Properly served: means delivery by hand or in a manner reasonably allowing for proof of delivery if delivered by United States mail, overnight delivery service, or facsimile to the recipient addressee of criminal process. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 806D-1
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Recipient: means a person, as defined in § 701-118, or a business, as defined in § 487J-1, that has conducted business or engaged in transactions or activities occurring at least in part in the state from which process was issued upon whom process is properly served. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 806D-1
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.