§483-1 - Definitions; limitations of law. - Hawaii Statutes

     §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.