2011 Hawaii Code
DIVISION 1. GOVERNMENT
TITLE 12. CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES
171. Public Lands, Management and Disposition of
§171-97 Definition.
PART IV. RELATING TO EXISTING HOMESTEAD RIGHTS;
CONTINUATION THEREOF AND REMOVAL OF CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS
§171-97 Definition. As used in this part:
"Cash freehold" means a right of possession to land under an agreement called a freehold agreement under section 73 of the Hawaiian Organic Act.
"Certificate of occupation" means an instrument preliminary to a homestead lease, giving the applicant possession of land.
"Freeholder" means a person holding land under a freehold agreement.
"Homestead lease" means a lease of land made for a term of nine hundred and ninety-nine years, under provisions of law which were repealed by section 3 of Joint Resolution 12, Session Laws of 1949, ratified by the Congress of the United States by the Act of September 1, 1950 (64 Stat. 572).
"Occupier" means a person entitled to the possession of land under a certificate of occupation. [L 1962, c 32, pt of §2; Supp, §103A-91; HRS §171-97]
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