§ 657-31 Twenty years
§ 657-31.5 Adverse possession
§ 657-32 How computed
§ 657-33 Action accrues when
§ 657-33.5 Deregistered land
§ 657-34 Disabilities
§ 657-35 Extension of time by death
§ 657-36 Same
§ 657-38 Possession, interrupting statute

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 657 > Part II - Real Actions

  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Dower: A widow
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.