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2019 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 26. TRADE REGULATION AND PRACTICE
483. Uniform Joint Obligations Act
483-1 Definitions; limitations of law.
Universal Citation: HI Rev Stat § 483-1 (2019)
§483-1 Definitions; limitations of law. In this chapter, unless otherwise expressly stated:
"Obligation" does not include a liability in tort.
"Obligee" does not include a person having a right based on a tort.
"Obligor" does not include a person liable for a tort.
"Several obligors" means obligors severally bound for the same performance. [L 1941, c 60, §1; RL 1945, §8741; RL 1955, §192-1; HRS §483-1; am L 2008, c 19, §48]
Case Notes
Where case involved the joint and several debt of defendants under an agreement of sale and did not involve joint tortfeasors, trial court erred in ruling that this chapter was not applicable to defendants' joint and several obligation to plaintiff. 89 H. 461 (App.), 974 P.2d 1051.
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