Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 667 > Part IA - Foreclosure by Action

• Borrower: means the borrower, maker, cosigner, or guarantor under a mortgage agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 667-1
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• 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: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Dispute resolution: means a facilitated negotiation under part V between a mortgagor and mortgagee for the purpose of reaching an agreement for mortgage loan modification or other agreement in an attempt to avoid foreclosure or to mitigate damages if foreclosure is unavoidable. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 667-1
• Dower: A widow
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Mailed: means to be sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, unless otherwise expressly directed in this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 667-1
• Mortgage: means a mortgage, security agreement, or other document under which property is mortgaged, encumbered, pledged, or otherwise rendered subject to a lien for the purpose of securing the payment of money or the performance of an obligation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 667-1
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Mortgaged property: means the property that is subject to the lien of the mortgage. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 667-1
• Mortgagee: means the current holder of record of the mortgagee's or the lender's interest under the mortgage or the current mortgagee's or lender's duly authorized agent. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 667-1
• Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
• Mortgagor: means the mortgagor or borrower named in the mortgage and, unless the context otherwise indicates, includes the current owner of record of the mortgaged property whose interest is subject to the mortgage. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 667-1
• Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
• Owner-occupant: means a person, at the time that a notice of default and intention to foreclose is served on the mortgagor under the power of sale:

  (1) Who owns an interest in the residential property, and the interest is encumbered by the mortgage being foreclosed; and

  (2) For whom the residential property is and has been the person's primary residence for a continuous period of not less than two hundred days immediately preceding the date on which the notice is served. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 667-1

• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Property: means property (real, personal, or mixed), an interest in property (including fee simple, leasehold, life estate, reversionary interest, and any other estate under applicable law), or other interests that can be subject to the lien of a mortgage. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 667-1
• 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.